why is it better for the turbines on a jet to sit under the wing rather than over it?
In: Engineering
It’s partially just easier to have the engines be below the wing from a construction and maintenance perspective.
In addition, with the engines below the wings, when the engines spool up that tends to pitch the nose of the plane *upwards*. Conversely, if you mount the engines above the wings, that’ll tend to pitch the plane *downwards*. The upward pitch is more preferable so long as you don’t stall the plane.
Edit: I should mention that the above comment on mounting the engines relates to when you mount the engines **directly over or under the wings**. There are aircraft with engines mounted above the wings in service, but they tend to have engines mounted as far back on the aircraft as possible (typically on the tail structure), which achieves the same kind of upward pitch because of how the engines interact with the planes center of lift and center of mass.
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