Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
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Hi everybody,
I would like to know if thrust and drag(parasite & induced) have pitching moment and intervene in longitudinal stability and in NP location.
Thank you very much.
I would like to know if thrust and drag(parasite & induced) have pitching moment and intervene in longitudinal stability and in NP location.
Thank you very much.





RE: Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
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RE: Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
RE: Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
RE: Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
but let me tell you that I tried the experiment on Microsoft flight simulator where everything ( thrust, reference center and center of gravity) was along the fore/aft centerline and still change in thrust results in aircraft pitching up/down. At level flight, an increase in thrust induces a climb and an incease in aircraft pitch, and a thrust off (power off) results in a descent and decrease in aircraft pitch. It seems to me that manipulating thrust has lead to a change in overall aircraft pitching moment, but I don't see where the force responsible for the change in pitching moment come from, since thrust force is already on centerline and thus cannot produce any pitching moment?
RE: Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
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moment = thrust * moment arm
There are probably other factors such as airflow from the thrust over the wing, etc.
MS flight simulator may put in a generic pitching moment but I'm not sure.
I flew in a lake air which has an engine mounted above the fuselage. Add power and the plane pitches down and vice versa.
RE: Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
RE: Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
RE: Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
RE: Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
Does MS FlightSim have the a/c roll with changes in power?
RE: Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
Since the trust from a single engine piston aircraft such as a Cessna 172 causes the airflow to corkscrew around the fuselage, a thrust change can effect a change on the roll and yaw stability.
MS Flight sim (which I have) has a fairly accurate flight model. It's based on performance tables instead of a pure physics model, but it doesn't go far astray.
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RE: Pitching moment due to thrust and drag.
induces a climb and an incease in aircraft pitch, and a thrust off (power
off) results in a descent and decrease in aircraft pitch."
Assuming the aircraft is trimmed for level flight (which really means trimmed for a certain angle of attack) this is normal. As you add power above what is needed for level flight at the trimmed-for AoA the A/C will climb. If you could measure the AoA accurately, no doubt you would see a slight change with power changes but for most aircraft it's probably not much by design.
For aircraft with engines mounted farther from the centreline than normal the change might be noticeable. I've heard the Republic Seabee had a nose up pitching moment with power reduction due to it's engine placement. Not exactly what you want at low speed and altitude on takeoff if the engine fails!