{"id":8070,"date":"2024-05-06T21:52:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=8070"},"modified":"2024-05-06T21:53:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:53:59","slug":"question-if-you-are-a-load-control-officer-forward-cg-or-aft-cg-is-better-for-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/question-if-you-are-a-load-control-officer-forward-cg-or-aft-cg-is-better-for-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Question: if you are a load control officer, forward CG or aft CG is better for performance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Provided that the aircraft remain with safe envelope, in general, aft CG (load cargo at rear compartment) has better performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An aft center of gravity position\/hold loading, for aircraft (especially jet\/swept wing) with a nose-up en route attitude will allow it to achieve its maximum possible range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An aft center of gravity position, normally is accomplished by using the <strong>aft cargo hold<\/strong>, which <strong>gives the aircraft its nose-up en route attitude naturally;<\/strong> therefore, the <strong>stabiliser can remain streamlined to the airflow<\/strong> and produce no relevant drag (e.g., aft center of gravity = 6\u00b0 nose-up attitude = 0\u00b0 elevator\/stabilizer deflection). Thus the aircraft can be operated at its optimal thrust setting to obtain its maximum range without having to use excessive engine thrust to compensate for drag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_9265-1024x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_9265-1024x530.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_9265-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_9265-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_9265-1536x795.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_9265-2048x1059.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if you are a real load control officer, you will know that the story might be different!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provided that the aircraft remain with safe envelope, in general, aft CG (load cargo at rear compartment) has better performance. An aft center of gravity position\/hold loading, for aircraft (especially jet\/swept wing) with a nose-up en route attitude will allow it to achieve its maximum possible range. An aft center of gravity position, normally is<a class=\"read-more \" href=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/question-if-you-are-a-load-control-officer-forward-cg-or-aft-cg-is-better-for-performance\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button default\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atpl-knowledge","category-aviation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8072,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8070\/revisions\/8072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}