Center of Gravity Descent General Aviation 
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
In recent times, composite materials have been introduced for flight controls even in small general aviation aircraft. Fly-by-wire is expensive, so you wont find it on most small general aviation aircraft. This shifts the ailerons Center of Gravity (C.G.) What Materials Are Used in Ailerons?
Pilot Institute
APRIL 12, 2025
High camber generally promotes more airflow deflection, thanks to something called Bernoullis Principle. This is why the typical airfoil shape has a curved top and a flat bottom, especially in slower-speed general aviation aircraft. This generates a downward force on the tail ( reaction ). It provides yaw control.
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Pilot Institute
JUNE 2, 2025
Thats why, for a passenger, phugoid motion feels like a series of slow climbs and descents instead of pitching up and down. Aircraft manufacturers design training and general aviation aircraft to react this way when disturbed in pitch. The Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) will show a cycle of shallow climbs and descents.
Vintage Aviation News
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
(Wright State University) The original configuration of the Bell Model 68 was an open cockpit all-metal monoplane with fixed landing gear that was powered by two Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojet engines with thrust deflectors located at the aircraft’s center of gravity.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Nudging it back to center slid the ball a diameter the other way—trying to corral it in the middle was a bit pointless as it didn’t want to live there. A long wheelbase and reasonably firm gear offset the Gweduck’s high center of gravity to make an easy-handling taildragger.
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