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Old 3rd Jun 2011, 14:06
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FE Hoppy
 
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Tailspin Turtle wrote:
The airplane should pitch down at stall because the center of gravity is ahead of the center of lift
Not really?

CoG could be some way behind the "centre of lift". In this case the CoG was at 29% MAC. The "centre of lift" would generally be at 25%.
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