tim36272 t1_ixc5xc6 wrote
Reply to comment by Wonderful_One5316 in When a military helicopter fires thousands of rounds while hovering still, does the operator have to slow the rotor to compensate for weight loss? by Legitimate-BurnerAcc
In addition to what the other poster said: it also impacts performance planning. The flight computer takes weight into account and will determine things like whether or not you can climb over that mountain and how fast you can climb.
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