RE: The new Tornado sport jet
Yes the weight on each wheel will go up, but if the load is universally distributed the weight of the beam/fus is irrelevant, the C of G is so close to the main wheels on most airframes that the difference to the weight on the nose wheel is disproportionally small to the overal weight increase and that is the problem, because the C of G is in front by a small margin from the fulcrum (main wheels) the weight on the nose wheel will go up by a small amount, if the C of G was on the main wheels the difference in overal weight would not alter the weight on the nose wheel as long as the weight was a UDL (universally distributed load).
All I was trying to do was explain that the overal weight of the airframe does not make a great deal of difference to the position of the C of G taking into account the weights that we put in our airframes and how we distribute it, they would largely be within the C of G range of the airframe.
Mike