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what is nose heavy aircraft
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drg     Reply with quote
what is nose heavy aircraft
Star     Reply with quote
All airplanes are nose heavy. The purpose of tail wing is to actually press down not lift.

The singer Aleah died because they over pack the air plane and became tail heavy.


Good luck.
Clone     Reply with quote
any plane that has more weight in front of the wings that is not balanced . large bombers and nose heavy because there not balanced out till there is cargo in them same with passenger airliners.. they are designed to fly there best when they are loaded and not empty.
Doctor     Reply with quote
You have a noseheavy aicraft when the front of the plane is heavier than the aft of it. The aircraft pivots on what they call the center of gravity. (usually a line that runs thru the center of the main landing gears from wingtip to wingtip)
Coach     Reply with quote
''Nose heavy'' means the CG of the plane is more forward than normal. As the CG moves forward the distance from the CG to the control surfaces on the tail increases. The result is a longer lever which requires more mussle to move. The result is the elevator force required in the flare is higher. This often happens to Cessna 172 pilots transitioning to the heavier 182.

-Robert, CFII
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