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Old 02-19-2011, 11:30 AM
PE_Tihi PE_Tihi is offline
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Originally Posted by MD_Titus View Post
the nose up tendency does seem rather exaggerated, wasn't it something to do with maximum cruise economy rather than combat cruise speed being used as the elevator trim neutral point?
In all probability it has to do with TD moving the CG back to reduce the plane's longitudinal stability, without adjusting the elevator angle to the long. axis (elevator trim neutral point as you put it)

The picture has been explained with more detail some two pages back, this thread.
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Last edited by PE_Tihi; 02-19-2011 at 11:33 AM.
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