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Old 14th November 2010 | 17:09
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It's all to do with the aft movement of the Centre of Pressure with increasing M. That is why Concorde shifted fuel into an aft trim tank, so that the C of G would keep pace with the movement of the C of P.

Draw a simple Lift / Weight Thrust / Drag vector diagram, then move the Lift vector aft, and you will see a resultant nose-down pitch.
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