Mounting a turn coordinator on the tail?

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.

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.

There is. That's what the tail is for - it pushes down (behind the CG)
providing the balancing torque.

Canard aircraft are different, the main wing is behind the CG, and the
canard is in front; both provide lift in the same (upward) direction.

Jose
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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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