AV Web
JANUARY 1, 2025
First, the structural design of the aircraft offers an optimized center of gravity that results in better flight stability and handling. While Turbotech cites its TP-R50 as a relatively new engine, it has appeared on a number of different light aircraft, including a helicopter.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 4, 2025
The Weather Vane It mostly comes from the vertical stabilizer (fin) and the sides of the fuselage behind the center of gravity. The reflexed shape of the airfoil usually causes a positive (nose-up) pitching moment coefficient at its aerodynamic center. This also means resisting unwanted side-to-side nose movements.
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Pilot Institute
APRIL 12, 2025
If we understand it well enough, we can harness this phenomenon to help us even defy gravity. Developments in aircraft design and engine technology have allowed us to fly farther, faster, and carry more payload. The aircraft pivots about its center of gravity. The elevator raises if you pull back on the stick or yoke.
Flying Magazine
JULY 22, 2025
Full-fuel payload is a whopping 1,150 pounds, and max landing weight is 7,600. 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.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 24, 2025
It featured the original short fuselage design, which was later extended forward of the wing to better align with the aircraft’s center of gravity requirements. Army request for a tactical airlifter capable of transporting troops and cargo into unprepared, rugged terrain—ideally with a payload comparable to that of the CH-47 Chinook.
One Mile at a Time
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
As a SWISS spokesperson explains, “this different weight development is leading to a shift in the center of gravity in aircraft,” and making the plane nose heavy. While economy cabins keep getting lighter, first class cabins keep getting heavier. As a result, SWISS will need to install a roughly 1.5
Pilot Institute
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Once the route and cruising altitude have been decided, the dispatcher will focus on the aircraft’s payload, including the passengers’ weight, luggage, and cargo. You must also manage where to load specific cargo to maintain the center of gravity limitations. You will then focus on fuel requirements.
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