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Old 6th Mar 2024, 04:44
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sdwings
 
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CG and stability

Anyone know why forward CG improves longitudinal stability? Or why aft CG worsens it?
I can visualize that an arrow shot from a bow would be unstable if the CG were at the tail end (if that's an appropriate analogy), I just can't figure out why that would be...
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