So i worked on a ship and i know we had various tanks that could be filled and emptied to modify our CoG
in an airplane that could be extremely dangerous and could have several thousand kilo’s of sewage after a long flight how do they maintain such a critical factor for flight?
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I understand that flying is different from floating i was merely using it as an example of a system i knew and how it worked
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Most of the tanks with variable weight liquids such as the fuel tanks and such are located in the center of the airframe. For example the interior of the wings are almost full of fuel tanks. So they just need to make sure to load the cargo evenly before takeoff. They do also have the ability to transfer fuel between different fuel tanks.
A ship needs a certain amount of wait to keep stable. If the ship is too light it will sit higher in the water and the weight of the superstructure may be enough to tip it around. This is why you have ballast tanks for ships. However airplanes can fly just as stable no matter how light they are. There is some center of gravity issues, mostly front and back. However nothing like for ships. And most of their cargo is centered around the center of gravity anyway.
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