FlyHigh423
Well-Known Member
Hello!
I just have a couple of center of gravity questions that my students asked me today and I honestly did not know the answer to. First one was, I was explaining the relationship between center of pressure and CG and they asked me where on the CG limit graph in the POH does the CG move behing the center of pressure? I thought that it would have to be beyond the most aft limit but I was not completely sure.
Second Question: I was showing him how to calculate where the CG is by using (moment/weight) and explained how the number you got was how many inches aft of the reference datum the airplane would balance if suspended. But he was wondering where that point was lateraly as well. I explained how it would be the point where the longitudinal axis and lateral axis intersected but I was wondering if there is actually a point in lateral measurement where this was. But then I know there is no reference datum for Lateral measurements so I would just assume there is no specific lateral point for this.
Thank you! Hopefully that all made sense!
I just have a couple of center of gravity questions that my students asked me today and I honestly did not know the answer to. First one was, I was explaining the relationship between center of pressure and CG and they asked me where on the CG limit graph in the POH does the CG move behing the center of pressure? I thought that it would have to be beyond the most aft limit but I was not completely sure.
Second Question: I was showing him how to calculate where the CG is by using (moment/weight) and explained how the number you got was how many inches aft of the reference datum the airplane would balance if suspended. But he was wondering where that point was lateraly as well. I explained how it would be the point where the longitudinal axis and lateral axis intersected but I was wondering if there is actually a point in lateral measurement where this was. But then I know there is no reference datum for Lateral measurements so I would just assume there is no specific lateral point for this.
Thank you! Hopefully that all made sense!