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New Method for Simplified Aircraft Stability

FINDING THE RIGHT CG LOCATION. HISTORY, DEFINITION, AND USEBy Michael OserEditor's Note: The following article represents the views of the author and does note imply an endorsement of the AMA.This paper has been a long time coming. I have been looking for a definitive way to establish a good CG location for most any airplane for quite some time. I have found what I was looking for and it turned out to be both very simple and very effective. This method can tell you exactly where to set the CG -- as opposed to the not very useful 5 to 15% MAC that is typical up to now. I will go over the…

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