Optimum CG Range

JJ Sinclair wrote:
CofG may be stated as a distance aft of a given reference station
which may be at (or in front of) the nose
OR
A percentage of MAC behind the wing LE
OR
A distance behind the Wing LE

The middle definition is probably the most fundamental, because there
is a known range of allowable CofG's in terms of %MAC which is
similar across a wide range of airframes

Brian W


Errrrr, not neccessarily so; The wing leading edge will be the zero
MAC point only if the leading edge of the wing is a straight line
JJ

Quite so, leading to the slightly strained specification of definition #2:
A percentage of MAC behind the wing MEAN LE station

What the devil is a mean leading edge? :-)


Brian W