A recent issue has surfaced where the W&B calculation from SkyDemon has been used for flight planning and the W&B figures entered into the Tech Log. The problem is the total weight on SD subtracts the Start/Taxi fuel, and so there is a discrepancy in the fuel and total weight figures.

This is fine if you're aircraft flight manual uses Max Takeoff Weight as a limit , however if it states Max Permissible Weight as a limit, you can easily fall foul during an audit.

SD is trying to be a little too clever. Can we please have simple W&B calculation that doesn't subtract Start/Taxi fuel.

Also, it's no good to say, set Start/Taxi to zero, as that will impact the fuel calculation.

Regards
Pete