PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Ethiopian airliner down in Africa
View Single Post
Old 18th Mar 2019, 20:07
  #1975 (permalink)  
Chesty Morgan
Gender Faculty Specialist
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Stop being so stupid, it's Sean's turn
Posts: 1,870
Received 4 Likes on 3 Posts
Originally Posted by jagema
Underwing-mounted engines, being under the center of gravity, create a pitch-up moment when adding thrust. Pitch-down when reducing thrust. Easy to picture: letter T. Push the lower end of the vertical line, that'd be the thrust vector. The junction of the T (where vertical meets horizontal axis) being the CG, it'll swing the whole thing clockwise.
But that isn't what's happening with the MAX .

Chesty Morgan is offline