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Old 23rd Dec 2017, 15:43
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BRDuBois
 
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After the main body impact, which detached the engines that hadn't already gone, I guesstimate the plane was about 25,000 lbs lighter and the CG was moved aft maybe twenty feet. I'm tinkering with the simulator (which has a provision for designing your own planes) to see if I can model this.
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