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Old 07-29-2005 | 11:32 AM
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Default RE: Center of Gravity


ORIGINAL: doubledee

If a high winged plane is balanced upright and a low wing plane is balanced inverted, how do you balance a mid wing plane?

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doubledee
Support the wing on the side where the most mass is.

If you balance a high wing plane upside down, you'll be lucky to get it in that stable point, because the plane will want to swing to a stable position with the mass under the wing. The same will hold for your mid-wing plane. Most of the mass will be above or below the wing, and you will find a stable point with the mass oriented below the wing.

Most likely, that will be with the gear down.

Good luck,
Dave Olson