Probably. A bunch of engineers who do that stuff every day are going to look at the prints and be able to infer the implications on handling. They probably co

Probably. A bunch of engineers who do that stuff every day are going to look at the prints and be able to infer the implications on handling. They probably couldn't predict exactly what circumstances would cause the pitch up behavior to manifest itself or whether those circumstances would have even been within the flight envelope but they would have known how moving the engines up and forward would have affected handling. Any automotive engineer who designs that stuff can look at a vehicle suspension and give you a rough estimate of how the vehicle will handle under certain circumstances. People who are well versed in boat hulls can look at a shape and make the same inferences. Yes, commercial airline designers should be able to look at a design and have a rough idea of how it will handle. It's not magic. It's physics. If your day job involved understanding that niche of applications you should be able to look at it and draw some rough conclusions.