CG/aerodynamics question
This is something I can't find in the literature and frankly I have been stumped on it for years, so here goes.
Let's say you had a main/tail rotor configuration helo at max gross weight. If you flew three flights under otherwise the same conditions, but one with CG smack in the middle of the range, one at most aft CG, and the final one at most forward CG, what would be the differences..if any...in:
1. level flight speed obtainable at max continuous power; and
2. range (assuming of course you fly at best range airspeed)?
Or to put it another way, is there a point in the CG range that will give you best speed with available power? And, a point in the CG range that will give you maximum range (again, assuming you fly the proper airspeed).
Thanks in advance....