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scienceguy75: 10 months ago via iPhone

Would this work?

on a plane if you tilted wings and engine more downward to the ground not to much would it make faster takeoff and climbing

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Janemoo: 10 months ago

If you tilted the wings as well as the engine to a more downward angle on a plane, the plane wouldn't function well because its center of gravity will be disturbed. The position of the center of gravity affects the stability of the airplane, and the placement of its different parts revolves around the CoG. Learn more about an airplane's weight as well as its balance at http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/flight_training/wt_bal.htm.

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scienceguy75: 10 months ago via iPhone

I mean if both were tilted

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rustyboilerz: 10 months ago via Android

You wouldn't need to, that's what the "flaps "are for.

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scienceguy75: 10 months ago via iPhone

Ya I know what flaps are for but I think it would require less run way

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rustyboilerz: 10 months ago via Android

They have even tried this in the tilt rotor designed aircraft the military uses, with limited success.

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Walt_OReagun: 10 months ago

No ... think about it. They run computer and wind-tunnel simulations all the time, especially before building a new plane design. If they could have come up with a change to make for faster takeoff/climbing - they would have already done it (to save on fuel costs).

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