Flying Magazine

JULY 22, 2025

Over the years we’ve flown a lot of aircraft with “aft-tending” centers of gravity—if you filled the seats, you were outside the aft CG limit, and the rear seats in six-place airplanes were unusable. The yaw damper automatically activates when 250 feet up on takeoff and deactivates at 200 feet agl on landing.

Rudder

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

It had cut into the tail rotor gearbox, tearing it off the helicopter. The pilot reported that he was too high and fast crossing the threshold 70 feet above ground level (AGL) at 90 mph. Halfway down the runway the airplane was about 30 feet AGL at a speed of about 45 mph, and oscillating 20 degrees either side of center.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

This tendency is due to their high center of gravity and heavy engine over the nose wheel. If you’re not stabilized at 200 feet AGL, go around. On a normal landing, you’d pull the power over the threshold, begin your roundout, and flare around 10 feet AGL. In extreme cases, a nose-over can occur.

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