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So, moments around the CG. Got it. Yeah, that. Doh. <facepalm> Now that you threw the math card, it makes perfect sense. Thanks!

Wiring, maybe? My wife's car has a taillight out, but it's the part of the taillight that's on the tailgate. Every time I go to fix it, by the time I get the interior bits off so I can look at the wire, it starts working again. Nothing visibly wrong, and of course it always refuses to fail again...

Having worked at a company using a new-to-me technology where we started working remotely first and eventually got an office, I can say that my skills improved quicker when I was within earshot of the rock-star guy and could ask him for ideas on how to approach something that was giving me...

I'm gonna pull back and see if this thread rotates.

Well played, @mscheuer. :rofl:

Negative. Pitch attitude will be the same for any combination of *wing lift* and airspeed. More forward CG requires a higher AoA because you have to generate more lift with the wing to cancel out the increased tail down force.

And what is the difference between all of those? International. Agreeing who was going to pay for what probably took more time and effort than anything else with the ISS. And then we ended up building copies of all of the stuff the Russians were supposed to build because they were still unreliable.

Slow flight is WAY below Vg, and landing at the slowest possible speed is quite different from flying at the slowest possible speed.

The concept itself isn't the problem, it's the fact that there are no limits. In theory, loans should allow lower-income people to get ahead by getting educated earlier in life, and making enough extra money from that education that they can pay the loans back. In reality, the return often...

Not at all true. There is something called the poverty level for a reason. No matter how frugal you are, you must eat. There is a minimum number somewhere on the curve where if you spend less on food, you'll end up spending more on doctors. Similarly, there's a minimum on the housing...

I dunno about "always" but I do remember once in a while there'd be a stage set up for something, around Easter they'd hatch hundreds of chicks in a clear case, etc... There is one local mall that still does musical performances and is thriving. The other local mall that is still thriving does...

What do you mean by the "basic airplane moment"? Measured from where? Are you talking about the difference between the CG and CL? This seems to go against everything I've ever learned, but I'm always willing to learn more. It's just breaking my brain at the moment. (Easy to do in the AM.) More...

Old wives' tale, though you can make some observations that would seem to support the theory. Here's why: At cruise (and any time your airspeed isn't changing) there is an equilibrium between thrust and drag. If there's more thrust than drag, you accelerate, if there's more drag than thrust you...

Wheel pants preclude the use of the Sidewinder. I'm not sure if the Best Tugs cradle that's on the Bravo and Romeo series would be a great idea either, but their Alpha models should be able to do the trick.

I think those ones that "rarely work" are because people rarely remember how to use them. Someone asked on a local facebook pilots group, everyone said it didn't work, I asked if they clicked the mic and nobody seemed to even realize that's how you used it. Then they went and tried it that way...

Malls! The one I grew up with is still going strong but it's one of the rare few. I do remember the age when instead of being filled with kiosks down the middle, there were sitting areas, fountains, etc and the mall was where all the older folks went in the winter to get their walking done...

True... What I'm saying is, a large number of people don't make enough to even make that choice. Good numbers. But, half of people are making below median. Those doing better than median can obviously make things work. But, that kid fresh out of high school isn't making median. Interesting. I...

I remember when I was a kid my dad, who was a professor of Dairy Science, had his normal office on the fourth floor and his "computer office" down in the basement, where there was a gigantic IBM mainframe in a big room with a false floor with offices surrounding it on the perimeter. I remember...

My wife is one of two band directors at her school. The other one is newly hired, and he's got a harmonic series waveform tattooed on his arm. I think I scored some points by instantly recognizing it when I met him! I do! One of the things that I really liked about getting into aviation was...

While that does seem counterintuitive, I can see control forces and control effectiveness being affected in opposite ways by the CG change. With the aft CG, the controls would feel lighter AND be less effective.