Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Weight-Shift Control Weight-shift control is a category of powered aircraft, such as an ultralight trike, with a pivoting wing and fuselage that is only controllable in pitch and roll through the change of the center of gravity (i.e., no control surfaces). Airliner) Category D: Between 141 knots and 165 knots.

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Weight-Shift-Control Knot Approach Lift 96

Cranky Flier

APRIL 1, 2024

And when the MAX was designed, it needed more clearance for even bigger engines, so the engines were pushed forward and up in front of the wing, creating a problem with the center of gravity. MCAS was designed to quietly fix that problem, but instead, it caused two horrible accidents.

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Center of Gravity Airplanes Clearance Pilot 130

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

There’s even an alert for weight and balance when your center of gravity is out of limits. There’s also a scratchpad tool to copy clearances as you listen. These alerts include runway proximity, traffic, cabin altitude, destination weather, terrain, airspace and TFRs, carbon monoxide and more.

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AGL Runway Groundspeed Descent 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

In contrast to a control tower, an FSS is not responsible for giving instructions or clearances to aircraft. CG Center of Gravity For any given body, the CG is the average position of the weight distribution of an object. ATIS recordings are updated periodically or when there is a significant change in the information.

Pilot 52

Pilot Weather Air Traffic Control NOTAMs 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Nudging it back to center slid the ball a diameter the other way—trying to corral it in the middle was a bit pointless as it didn’t want to live there. A long wheelbase and reasonably firm gear offset the Gweduck’s high center of gravity to make an easy-handling taildragger.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 78