Live Dev Q&A: Guided Question


Problems with Flight Dynamics

Airliners (at least the A320 and B748) seem to have wrong flight dynamics with the Center of Gravity behind the wing Center of Pressure even with the CG on the forward CG limit. The resulting nose-up pitch moment is compensated for by a up-force on the horizontal stabilizer and a center of pressure moving backwards instead of forward with increasing Angle of Attack. This is all completely opposite from what it should be in real life. Could you explain why this is and if there is a reason behind it.

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