If an aircraft in level flight loses engine power it will
- pitch nose up.
- pitch nose down.
- maintain pitch until drag builds up.
Explanation
With thrust below the drag line, losing engine power removes the nose-up effect of that thrust couple, so the aircraft pitches nose down. The descent that follows is also the natural response that converts lost engine energy into the airspeed needed to maintain controlled flight toward a glide.
sauravkatwal asking:
Isn't it should temporarily nose up before eventually going nose down since CoP is behind CoG, and with no thrust CoP decreases the lift(behind CoG) causing nose up?
Community Comments (2)
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Hishamguda Posts: 2 14.10.2013 / 12:28
By default COP is ahead of COG.
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sauravkatwal Posts: 14 14.10.2013 / 13:46
its in unstable configuration!!!
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