Anti Skid On
"My simple brain thinks had some calculations been done in relation to C of G and balance, the design could have/should have been done so that software was NOT needed to address angle of attack and control issues.I appreciate things like the fuel load and payload will affect the balance, but with modern computing surely this could have been done at design?"
That's a bit like saying that in order to produce the 777X, Boeing shouldn't have used the 777 as a basis ...
You might have a point.