does anybody know where the c.g location is on yellow's sr-71?

Try sending a pm to Lance Campbell.

Lance is the SR71 Guru!

It's 4.5 inches aft of the intakes. You've only got half an inch on either side of that mark to keep it in a flyable range, so be sure to check it during various configurations.... gear up and down, full / empty of fuel, etc.


Lance

Hi Lance,
I was at the Boeing Museum last week in Seattle and took some pics of the Blackbird. I tried to get some detail of the gear and wing tips. I know you have plenty of stuff but I will try to send them to you.

Dave

Thanks for the help Lance. If there's anything else I should need to know I would really appreciate it.

Is your airplane d/f or turbine? Any pictures?

Dave,
Sure, if you want, pass them along, as you can never have too many pictures to pick from. Thanks

pbusa1400

Glad to help. The biggest thing is, turbine or ducted fan, the engines have got to be 100% perfect. If this is ducted fan, I mean using new plugs every flight, and holding the plane on knife edge on the ground to ensure you have solid engines. If you do have an engine failure, you've got about 3-5 seconds to get the other engine throttled back to idle before you'll find yourself peeling over into a spin.

Secondly, don't try to flair it on landing much at all... just fly it down to the deck. When it stalls, it will pitch straight up... I mean pure vertical. You could imagine how this works into a landing routine

Good luck on it. It's a fun bird when it's up on step.
Lance