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Isn’t the engines being not mountable at a well balanced point a big part of the answer? Which isn’t down to only the size of the engine but also the height of
by natch 7y ago
Isn’t the engines being not mountable at a well balanced point a big part of the answer? Which isn’t down to only the size of the engine but also the height of the wings. So yes it’s complicated but the engine is part of the picture. Although not being in the industry, I don’t know, is a strap-on engine added to a design that wasn’t intended to accommodate it technically considered part of the airframe?
- _ph_ 7y agoBasically no jet engine at any airliner are mounted at a point which is well-balanced in all flight situations. At level flight, the 737 MAX is also well balanced. That is just a matter of weight distribution in the machine. The problem appears at high angle of attacks, that means the force vector isn't pointing vertically down as it were only due to gravity. In this situation, the balance of every aircraft which has large engines hanging down from the wings does shift and needs to be compensated for in some way in the control systems.