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Old Aug 2, 2014 | 5:42 am
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Originally Posted by tentativetraveller
..Compared to the floor that is. As mentioned, the plane flies at a slight angle of attack which compensates.
The airfoil does, the fuselage is kept as horizontal as possible during cruise. As the plane gets lighter with fuel burn, the angle attack needs to be reduced and hence the fuselage will be horizontal at the end of cruise. This requires it to pitch mildly upward at early cruise.
The seat would need to change attitude of you wanted to compensate for this effect.
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