If all the passengers ran to the back of a 'plane...

[DrTre]

What would happen?
Nothing?
Bad things?

Sake of argument an a320 type.
200 people?

[DrTre]

IanCress said:

Would the resultant shift in weight be beyond what the plane could cope with, or would it just be a case of re-trimming?

Also, if it happened on the ground, could the passengers tail-tip the plane?

That's what I was meaning, along with would auto pilot be able to cope?

Dr Jekyll said:

That would be bad for two reasons. Not only would putting the centre of gravity outside limits could possibly cause a loss of control or at best limit the pilot's options. But putting the c of g so far back would reduce the leverage of the tail, making control even harder. So at best safety margins would be reduced.

Okie doke, thanks.

Thanks for the notice about the 747 accident video r8steve. Like you, if it's got fatalities then I'll skip it.

[DrTre]

perdu said:

You're new so we might have to give you a pass

They love to get excited

Do try not to calm them down too much

They might really start thinking about stuff.............

What's happened to PH?

Edit: slight overreactionery flounce on my part but I'm a little baffled at the criticism in this post. It was a simple, slightly tongue in cheek, question that was meant to generate discussion. The basic physics aren't exactly difficult to work out, it wasn't ever meant to be about that.
Fair enough though, this isn't Quora.

Edited by DrTre on Sunday 21st February 11:08