![]() If it were there would not be any aircraft with front and rear seats or rear baggage compartments. I think it’s about time we exploded some of the myths surrounding suitable placement of Centre of Gravity (C of G) for your beautiful new model.Ĭentre of Gravity placement is not an exact science. At the other extreme you will find the so called 3D types with huge tailplanes that can carry part of the flight load, a bitch to land smoothly but will do all of the 3D manoeuvres you may wish.Ī couple of modern jet fighter types are balanced so far to the rear that computers are required to anticipate the next pitch error and input corrective controls before the error becomes apparent. Well, have a look at the canard, Centre of Gravity somewhere between the canard and wing leading edge and flies beautifully. Not so ! It will never get off the ground, or will be uncontrollable if it does. ![]() But now the problem is where to place the centre of gravity? So many aircraft modellers find themselves in bother on first flight because the balance is just not where it should be.Īircraft can be balanced anywhere from in front of the wing leading edge to 50% chord or more and still be flown successfully.Īahh you say. ![]() Well you have built this all singing, all dancing masterpiece model aircraft from scratch. ![]()
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