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Ben Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 2. "RE: CG manipulation" 05-20-02, 21:30z  Greetings Dave: > Bad only if it became stuck at the rearward position. Yep, there'd need to be some sort of fail-safe system (a spring could return it to the forward position if the positioner gives out). > I guess the question is whether the benefits outweighed (literally) the weight and > complexity to do this. That's really the issue. I think the weight shifting mechanism could be very simple, and the weight itself doesn't need to be very large (you just need to move it further). > In my C150H once trimmed you can cause a pitch change by leaning forward > or back (if passenger and pilot do so its kinda fun....) Reminds me of the FAA inspectors trying to get a Piper Tomahawk out of a spin when they were researching them... > I wonder if it would be disconcerting to the pilot having a changing CG > (hence trim). I'd imagine it'd only be used while in flight for the performance or certain maneuvers and we would be returned to "normal" for TO and landings. Ben -= VPC OffLine Reader Version 1.1.0.0 =- Registered to: Ben Chiu -OLR.PL v1.76- Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      CG manipulation    Ben Chiu       05-20-02              RE: CG manipulation    DHamblin       05-20-02       1            RE: CG manipulation    Ben Chiu       05-20-02       2                 RE: CG manipulation    vgbaron       05-20-02       3                      RE: CG manipulation    Mike_Greenwood       05-21-02       4                      RE: CG manipulation    Ben Chiu       05-21-02       5                           RE: CG manipulation    vgbaron       05-21-02       6                                RE: CG manipulation    ChipB727       05-21-02       7         RE: CG manipulation    avbug       05-26-02       8            RE: CG manipulation    Ben Chiu       05-27-02       9

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