On 07/31/06 14:13, Dave Butler wrote:
Tim Auckland wrote:

The wing's centre of lift is behind the plane's centre of gravity, so

Eh? If this were true, there would be a torque acting about the pitch axis and
forcing the nose downward.

Isn't there? Isn't this what the downward force produced by the horizontal
stabilizer is trying to equalize?



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Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
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