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one of the most important things to consider when flying an aircraft is the weight and balance every aircraft has limitations if the airplane's too heavy it'll have trouble getting off the ground on a takeoff it'll have trouble stopping when it goes to land and the wings might not be able to create enough lift in order to be able to fly now we'll be discussing weight and how it affects performance in a future episode but in addition to that the aircraft must be balanced properly so you can actually control it and if it's not there are a few problems you could run into before we discuss those I want to explain what it means to have a balanced airplane when discussing this topic most instructors use the illustration of a seesaw or a teeter-totter or whatever you call it what happens when there's more weight on one side of the Seesaw the Seesaw is no longer balanced but as you know there can also be the same exact amount of weight on both sides and if the weight gets closer to the fulcrum