Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Find Swept Wing Center of Gravity
Inn this video I will go over an easy method, using graphics, to find the center of gravity of a wing. In short, a fast and easy way to find swept wing center of gravity.
This approach is geared to model aircraft. All airplanes need to be balanced at the correct center of gravity (CG) or they may not fly correctly. The center of gravity is shown on most model airplane planes with a CG symbol. However, some glides and almost ready to fly models may not show this information and the following is an easy way to determine the center of gravity.
Note that this method will find the center of gravity for straight (constant chord) and swept wings. This will work for all sorts of model aircraft from free flight to radio control model planes. In the video I will show three demonstrations of this method.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Center of gravity overview
01:55 - Center of gravity and model airplane plans
03:11 - Center of gravity and wing shapes
04:04 - Wing shape definitions
05:40 - Straight wing (constant chord) CG demonstration
08:05 - Sept wing with constant chord CG demonstration
11:02 - Swept wing with straight trailing edge CG demonstration
Find Swept Wing Center of Gravity
Inn this video I will go over an easy method, using graphics, to find the center of gravity of a wing. In short, a fast and easy way to find swept wing center of gravity.
This approach is geared to model aircraft. All airplanes need to be balanced at the correct center of gravity (CG) or they may not fly correctly. The center of gravity is shown on most model airplane planes with a CG symbol. However, some glides and almost ready to fly models may not show this information and the following is an easy way to determine the center of gravity.
Note that this method will find the center of gravity for straight (constant chord) and swept wings. This will work for all sorts of model aircraft from free flight to radio control model planes. In the video I will show three demonstrations of this method.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Center of gravity overview
01:55 - Center of gravity and model airplane plans
03:11 - Center of gravity and wing shapes
04:04 - Wing shape definitions
05:40 - Straight wing (constant chord) CG demonstration
08:05 - Sept wing with constant chord CG demonstration
11:02 - Swept wing with straight trailing edge CG demonstration
