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Old 20th May 2011, 12:32
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Originally Posted by john tullamarine
a bit simplistic for the real world. If the cg moves too far back, the static stability reduces to a point where the stick force gradient flattens off and then reverses ..
Indeed.

Which is exactly what I meant by my next sentence "Although depending on how far aft of limit the CofG was, the aircraft might have been loaded *not* to maintain a given angle of attack."

Regardless, I'd suppose the answer to the o/p's question is 'yes'.
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