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Old January 25th 08, 04:42 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
D Ramapriya
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Default Aerodynamic question for you engineers

On Jan 25, 8:29 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
D Ramapriya wrote :


It's tempting to think that it could be somewhere near the center
of the balance arm but it's hard to logically argue against the CG,
isn't it?


They're the same thing.


By balance arm, I meant the distance between CG and CP. Missing
something, am I?


Well, that'd be a misdefinition. Also, CP really should read CL

Bertie



But we need some term for what I referred to as the balance arm, i.e.
the distance between CG and CL (CP).

Ramapriya