Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes

Re:Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes by Gibbon1 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:55PM (#22111446)

I think what I've read is the engine nacelles create lift at higher angles of attack. Because the nacelles are larger and located more forward than in older models. That's the source of the extra lift. Might also be the engines also contribute.

On the other hand I'm just a bystander in all this.

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Re:Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes by hhas01 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:22PM (#22111738)

Also consider the position of the thrust point relative to the plane’s center of gravity. Being positioned below and ahead of the CoG, the engines naturally try to push the plane around it, i.e. nose-up.

Mind you, my physics ed stopped after high school (though even that much is enough to do a double-take at MAX). This looks like a much better explanation:

https://www.quora.com/Where-should-the-center-of-mass-lift-a...

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