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January 26th 08, 12:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Aerodynamic question for you engineers
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:40:07 -0800 (PST),
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The aircraft will rotate EXACTLY at the CG.
As a side note, the CG will actually lose a little altitude until it stabilizes
at the new attitude.
I think this absolutely has to be the case.
CL is simply the place the overall lift averages out to. It's a XXXX RESULTANT!
acting on a body. And so is any force acting on the horizontal tail
surfaces, or acting on any other place on the plane.
The body has a CG and it will rotate at the CG.
Displacement is another matter.
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