Not sure I understand the question? What model? Which model? Real airplane? Sim airplane? )L.A. wrote:
Is there a model, that might be wrong? My airplane felt as if the nose was connected to the flap lever. It just nosed down. At the same time, it's not as if the pitch down, requires some heavy trimming (or pulling back on the stick), so it won't dive. The upwards ballooning of a Cessna, and the need to push against the yoke, was always much more noticeable, than the pitch down, of a Piper Cherokee model, or my RV.
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I was just wondering why jcomm was asking. Figured it's some sim model, or a question in a different forum, perhaps. Not too long ago, a question was raised about a Carenado Piper Warrior (could have been the Archer) on the X-Plane org. forum. A student pilot thought that the Piper should pitch up with flaps. My recollection was..............that it was almost neutral or pitch down. The Piper definitely didn't pitch up like a Cessna high wing. Never the less, my reply's over there are moderated, and in this case, the student pilot's opinion was the last one, as mine never got posted. Of course, the A2A Cherokee doesn't pitch up. Now that I got that off my chest, it has nothing to due with this thread.... [/quote]
Oh, I understand.....I think )))
The one thing missing from this thread anyway is that it's not an either or situation regarding pitch up or pitch down high wing vs low wing with this issue.
Depending on the airplane involved there are various things happening and all of it is happening within the cg envelope. Some aircraft can be completely neutral as the weight and balance configuration vs the center of pressure movement rearward balance out as the flaps and or the gear cycle down.
Dudley Henriques