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Maybe the horizontal stabilizer trim can be replaced by a mobile weight inside the plane (moving along the front-to-back axis), that allows "trimming" the posit
by mpreda 3y ago
Maybe the horizontal stabilizer trim can be replaced by a mobile weight inside the plane (moving along the front-to-back axis), that allows "trimming" the position of the center of mass.
- mpreda 3y agoCould even be "fuel trimming" between front and back wings; with the drawback that the action would be limited during both full and empty fuel states.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoI'd assume there would be some constant air coming out of some of the nozzles for stability anyway.
- namibj 3y agoFunnily that's applicable to balancing unswept flying wings, as all high lift/low drag airfoils are unstable in pitch (though many are stable for inverse flight, i.e. if you get scared you'd have to turn upside down and are suddenly stable). I'm general, moving cog is potentially lossless, putting control surfaces into the airstream will always add drag.