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Old 05-12-2009 | 09:16 PM
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Default Thrust line, Datum line, Center line?

Am I wrong, again? For years I have thought of the thrust line as the line the airplane travels when in straight and level flight. If wrong, what is the proper term for the following line? It is the line from which all incidences are determined.

I swear when learning to fly and when first learning about building and flying model airplanes from plans this line was pretty much universally described as the thrust line.