ORIGINAL: jetdeck
....i want to know why you have to balance a low wing plane upside down,
Ever tried to balance a broom in the palm of your hand? The CG of the broom is on top of the balance fulcrum. Its a lot easier to balance the broom by hanging it below your hand.
if its on the stand upside down, and you want it a tad nose heavy, would the nose be pointing toward the cieling, or toward the floor?.....
Heavy is heavy. Gravity only comes from one direction and that is going to pull the heavy part down.
I can't believe this thread has taken so long to discuss. And if you actually read thru it, the two most opinionated people are agreeing with the methods, but the pictures in their heads are completely different. One of them only wants to FIND the CG in a 3-dimensional object, the other one wants to MARK it on a 2 dimensional surface. But they are actually agreeing. By they way they are posting it will lead you to beleive they are not agreeing. WOW.
Rafael