Definition
We have an aircraft certified under FAR Part 27. The flight manual gives a figure for the "maximum gross weight". No figure for MTOW is given.
What is the definition for "maximum gross weight"?
Can I use it as MTOW? Is it the weight the aircraft is never to exceed?
The flight manual does not give a definition, and I can't find a definition in the FARs. Have found lots of opinions around the place but nothing authorative.
TIA.