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Old 8th Nov 2011, 22:52
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CG on high & low wing

I was reading up regarding lateral stability, and when it comes to high & low wing, I found some discrepency:- High wing - has pendulum effect due to low CG which will tend to "swing" the aircraft back to a wings level attitude.But another book (not related to lateral stability topic) states that a high wing aircraft has a high CG, which sounds logical as there is greater mass at the upper side of the aircraft due to the wings.And low wing aircraft has a low CG.Which is right then? Does a high wing aircraft have a low or high CG?
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