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Torque on an airfoil from forces applied at the aerodynamic center
In aerodynamics, the pitching moment on an airfoil is the moment (or torque) produced by the aerodynamic force with respect to the aerodynamic center
Pitching_moment
Aerodynamic effect
downwash velocity at the tailplane, both of which cause a nose down pitching moment.[citation needed] For a particular aircraft design only one of these
Mach_tuck
Small lifting surface of a fixed-wing aircraft
turn causes a nose-up or nose-down pitching moment on the aircraft, which is used to control the aircraft in pitch. Elevator: A conventional tailplane
Tailplane
Stability of an aircraft in the pitching plane
or pitching, plane. This characteristic is important in determining whether an aircraft pilot will be able to control the aircraft in the pitching plane
Longitudinal_stability
Science of air vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions
generate a moment (or couple from ailerons) about the cg which rotates the aircraft in pitch, roll, and yaw. For example, a pitching moment comes from
Aircraft_flight_dynamics
the span is used for rolling or yawing moment, and the chord is used for pitching moment. "Coefficient of moment - Knowledge and References". taylorandfrancis
Coefficient_of_moment
vectoring of the two jet engines, which control yaw, roll, and pitch.(See pitching moment) The differential forward thrust of the two jets controls yaw
Annular_lift_fan_aircraft
Fixed aerodynamic dividers attached to aircraft wings to prevent their stalling
tends to create a nose-down pitching moment. When the wingtips stall, both the lift and the associated nose-down pitching moment rapidly diminish. The loss
Wing_fence
Streamlined body for generating lift
aerodynamic center, which is the chord-wise location about which the pitching moment is independent of the lift coefficient and the angle of attack. The
Airfoil
Topics referred to by the same term
are rewarded (or, less often, punished) for their behavior Cm, the pitching moment coefficient in aerodynamics Curium, symbol Cm, a chemical element Carboxymethyl
CM
Point on an airfoil
net drag applied at some point on the airfoil, and a separate net pitching moment about that point whose magnitude varies with the choice of where the
Aerodynamic_center
Control surface on a submarine
fore-and-aft from the hull's centre of buoyancy, they introduce a pitching moment. Ballast tanks within the submarine adjust buoyancy to be neutral,
Diving_plane
Fully movable aircraft stabilizer
balanced surface, a stabilator can allow the pilot to generate a given pitching moment with a lower control force. Due to the high forces involved in tail
Stabilator
Type of technology demonstrator aircraft
off at 30–35 kn (56–65 km/h) it has a blown-lift wing, generating a pitching moment balanced by a large T-tail. It has a modified Cessna 172 wing, and
Electra_EL-2_Goldfinch
Airfoil design
with a reflexed (turned up) trailing edge producing a more positive pitching moment reducing the horizontal tail load required to trim an aircraft. The
Clark_Y_airfoil
Fixed-wing aircraft with a main central wing plus fore and aft surfaces
sufficiently to cause significant loss of lift and cancel out the nose-down pitching moment. In the three-surface design the third, tail surface does not stall
Three-surface_aircraft
Point at which the resultant force of a pressure field acts on a body
force vector with no moment. A similar idea is the aerodynamic center which is the point on an airfoil where the pitching moment produced by the aerodynamic
Center of pressure (fluid mechanics)
Center_of_pressure_(fluid_mechanics)
Component of aerodynamic drag on aircraft
are used to offset changes in pitching moment and centre of gravity during flight. For longitudinal stability in pitch and in speed, aircraft are designed
Trim_drag
Type of physical linear expansion nozzle
practical problems with the use of SERNs is the fact that they produce a pitching moment depending on the throttling of the engine, thereby requiring more control
SERN
upper surface, and also noteworthy increases in nose-down pitching moment (moment break, moment stall) while it moves downstream across the chord. Stage
Dynamic stall on helicopter rotors
Dynamic_stall_on_helicopter_rotors
American variable-cycle turbofan engine
the pitch direction. This capability gave the aircraft a serious advantage in pitch agility by greatly increasing the amount of nose pitching moment available
General_Electric_YF120
Extinct genus of amphibians
dropping once the head reached a high stall angle of 22 degrees. Lift and pitching moment was minimized at 1.5 degrees below the horizontal, which may have been
Diplocaulus
Type of pitch in baseball
level; the ball rotates forward and toward the pitching arm side, jamming same-sided hitters at the last moment, even as the ball drops rapidly through the
Submarine_(baseball)
US military computer program
Coefficient with respect to angle of attack) Cmα - Pitching Moment Curve Slope (derivative of Pitching Moment Coefficient with respect to angle of attack) CYβ
United States Air Force Stability and Control Digital DATCOM
United_States_Air_Force_Stability_and_Control_Digital_DATCOM
Kinetic energy per unit volume of a fluid
Pressure Pressure head Hydraulic head Total dynamic head Drag, lift and pitching moment coefficients Derivations of Bernoulli equation L. J. Clancy (1975)
Dynamic_pressure
Aerodynamic device
introduced with the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 to achieve a strong nose down pitching moment just beyond the normal stall and their influence ceased to have any
Vortilon
Extinct genus of reptiles
forward pitching moment. This pitching moment far exceeds that of modern long-limbed lizards capable of facultative bipedalism. The pitching moment would
Euparkeria
Executive transport aircraft
tail. At high angles of attack these delta fins provide a nose-down pitching moment and help to avoid a potential stall, and they increase stability in
Piaggio_P.180_Avanti
Aircraft configuration in which a small wing is placed in front of the main wing
conventional wing, increasing the downward pitching moment caused by the deflection of its trailing-edge flaps. Pitch control in a canard type may be achieved
Canard_(aeronautics)
Study of the performance, stability, and control of flying vehicles
of the aircraft, and thus rotate the aircraft in pitch, roll, or yaw. For example, a pitching moment is a vertical force applied at a distance forward
Flight_dynamics
Method to assess the torsional load in shafts
I_{x}} = polar moment of inertia I y {\displaystyle I_{y}} = transverse moment of inertia C M α {\displaystyle C_{M_{\alpha }}} = pitching moment coefficient
Miller_twist_rule
Principal directions in aviation
this axis is called pitch. Pitch changes the vertical direction that the aircraft's nose is pointing (a positive pitching motion raises the nose of the
Aircraft_principal_axes
Uncommanded nose-upwards rotation of an aircraft
magnitude of the forces change with angle of attack. In addition a varying pitching moment exists for any force location other than the CoP. These changes lead
Pitch-up
Dimensionless quantity relating lift to fluid density and velocity over an area
produce). Lift-to-drag ratio Drag coefficient Foil (fluid mechanics) Pitching moment Circulation control wing Zero lift axis Clancy, L. J. (1975). Aerodynamics
Lift_coefficient
Aircraft empennage configuration
lighter, see Advantages above.) A T-tail produces a strong nose-down pitching moment in sideslip. T-tails can cause aeroelastic flutter, as seen on the
T-tail
US experimental drone aircraft
subject to an aerodynamic pitching moment of extreme sensitivity. Both airspeed and rotor wake would produce a nose-up pitching motion that was greater
Boeing_X-50_Dragonfly
2014 American romantic comedy-drama film by Tom Gormican
That Awkward Moment (released as Are We Officially Dating? in Australia, Indonesia, and New Zealand) is a 2014 American bromantic comedy drama film written
That_Awkward_Moment
Action of aircraft
of simply insufficient area will be unable to counter the forward pitching moment. The danger from this action actually emanates from rapidly unloading
Power_push-over
Characteristic of aircraft wing design
with swept wings, wing tip stall also produces an undesirable nose-up pitching moment which hampers recovery from the stall. Washout may be accomplished
Washout_(aeronautics)
Scalar measure of the rotational inertia with respect to a fixed axis of rotation
The moment of inertia (also known as mass moment of inertia, angular/rotational mass, second moment of mass, or rotational inertia) is a measure of how
Moment_of_inertia
Topics referred to by the same term
when posed as a question qSc, a portion of the equation defining the pitching moment coefficient of an airfoil Quebec Superior Court, the trial-level superior
QSC
Wing shape
series profile to be positively cambered. This results in a theoretical pitching moment of 0. From x c ≤ r {\displaystyle {\frac {x}{c}}\leq r} y c = k 1 6
NACA_airfoil
American low-bypass turbofan engine for the F-22 Raptor
and can vector ±20° in the pitch axis, greatly improving the aircraft's pitch authority by augmenting the pitching moment of the tail with engine thrust;
Pratt_&_Whitney_F119
Aircraft propelled by three jet engines
than the wing-mounted engines, engine failure will produce a greater pitching moment, making it more difficult to control. The placement of the remaining
Trijet
Vehicle or machine that can fly by gaining support from the air
generate a moment (or couple from ailerons) about the cg which rotates the aircraft in pitch, roll, and yaw. For example, a pitching moment comes from
Aircraft
Aerodynamic device
wing camber and maximum coefficient of lift. It produces a nose-up pitching moment. Conversely, slats extend forwards from the upper surface of the leading
Krueger_flap
Principle relating to fluid dynamics
Bernoulli's Theorem. The distribution of pressure determines the lift, pitching moment and form drag of the airfoil, and the position of its centre of pressure
Bernoulli's_principle
the pitching moment coefficient Cm is the mean aerodynamic chord (m.a.c.) equal to 4√3D/3 while the reference length for the yawing and rolling moment coefficients
AGARD-B_wind_tunnel_model
Engines placed along the wingspan of a plane
effect, which produces increased aerodynamic efficiency. Increased pitching moment due to increased lift and change in downwash over the horizontal tail
Distributed_propulsion
Passage of an object through the gases of an atmosphere from outer space
heat shield designer must use a real gas model. An entry vehicle's pitching moment can be significantly influenced by real-gas effects. Both the Apollo
Atmospheric_entry
Type of aircraft used in the sport of gliding
This feature is included on some competition gliders to reduce the pitching moment acting on the wing, reducing the downward force that must be provided
Glider_(sailplane)
First powered aircraft built by the Wright brothers
(PDF), p. 5, Consistently with ignoring the condition of zero net [pitch] moment, the Wrights assumed that in equilibrium the canard carried no load
Wright_Flyer
Baseball pitch
Again Makes World Series His Moment". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 October 2013. "Kenley Jansen - Stats - Pitching | FanGraphs Baseball". www.fangraphs
Cut_fastball
Abrupt reduction in lift due to flow separation
{\textstyle \alpha } , for a given aircraft configuration, where there is no pitching moment, i.e. a trim point. Typical values both for the range of deep stall
Stall_(fluid_dynamics)
"The Waldo Moment" is the third episode in the second series of the British science fiction anthology television series Black Mirror. It was written by
The_Waldo_Moment
Aircraft flight measures
indicate the name of the "pitching moment", which is around the Y axis. N is used to indicate the name of the "yawing moment", which is around the Z axis
Stability_derivatives
Long-term experiment measuring the flow of pitch
to get a drink at the moment it occurred. The eighth drop fell on 28 November 2000, allowing experimenters to calculate the pitch as having a viscosity
Pitch_drop_experiment
American baseball analyst and internet personality (born 1966)
known by the moniker PitchingNinja, is an American baseball analyst, social media personality and author, known for his pitching gifs and videos on Twitter
Rob Friedman (baseball analyst)
Rob_Friedman_(baseball_analyst)
Throwing toy
circle formula. Another contributing factor to the aerodynamics is the pitching moment of the frisbee. This is caused due to an imbalance of the lift force
Frisbee
of gravity. This results in a power application causing a nose-down pitching moment and increases the risk of tail to main rotor contact. The RAF 2000
Rotary_Air_Force_RAF_2000
Aircraft component
Design, Systems and Operations Meeting: ... - Volume 2 - Page 309, "Pitching-moment results show the stabilising effect of the wing and the destabilizing
Stabilizer_(aeronautics)
Angle in ballistics
corrects for the effect of gravity on the missile. Altitude (astronomy) Pitching moment "AD0575-6 Lesson 1: INTRODUCTION TO MANPAD (16S) STINGER". Global Security
Elevation_(ballistics)
rate of change of pitching moment with respect to pitch rate and C n r {\displaystyle Cn_{r}} is the rate of change of the yawing moment with respect to
Jet_damping
Sports based on running, jumping or throwing
men's javelin to reduce distance and increase the implement's downward pitching moment to allow for easier measurement. Rough-tailed designs were banned in
Track_and_field
Book by Nick Hornby
twerp's best moment ever: 'Fever Pitch' - Nick Hornby: Gollancz". The Independent. @BookiePrize (22 February 2024). "Winner in Focus: 📖 Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby
Fever_Pitch
Central strip of the cricket field
main pitch, but are allowed to check the surface of the original pitch where the match will be played. At any given moment, one end of the pitch will
Cricket_pitch
Anti-stalling high-lift device on aircraft
higher speeds a negative flap setting is used to reduce the nose-down pitching moment. This reduces the balancing load required on the horizontal stabilizer
Flap_(aeronautics)
2012 film by Jason Moore
Pitch Perfect is a 2012 American musical comedy film directed by Jason Moore and written by Kay Cannon. It features an ensemble cast, including Anna Kendrick
Pitch_Perfect
Aircraft whose only horizontal aerodynamic surface is its main wing
rejected by the British Army. An alternative is the use of low or null pitching moment airfoils, seen for example in the Horten series of sailplanes and fighters
Tailless_aircraft
Dimensionless number describing relative pressures in a fluid flow field
producing down force rather than lift. Lift coefficient Drag coefficient Pitching moment coefficient L. J. Clancy (1975) Aerodynamics, § 3.6, Pitman Publishing
Pressure_coefficient
1969 experimental research glider
helicopter use. This airfoil section was chosen because it has zero pitching moment, which thus allows moderate torsional loads despite the resulting glider's
Farrar LSG-1 Bird Flight Machine
Farrar_LSG-1_Bird_Flight_Machine
Spreiter (1950): "The lift and pitching moment are independent of the angle of yaw, and the side force and yawing moment are independent of the angle of
Cruciform_wing
American baseball player (born 1963)
Retrieved August 19, 2025. "Pitching Game Finder". Stathead.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2020. "Pitching Game Finder". Stathead.com. Sports
Randy_Johnson
Concept in aerodynamics
function (known as Küssner function) needed to compute the unsteady lift and moment exerted by the air on the airfoil. Hirschel, Prem and Madelung (2004) p
Küssner_effect
Stall characteristics were good since the canard provided a nose-down pitching moment. Changes were tested on the second prototype before the design was
OMAC_Laser_300
body frame leads to a balance of moments, as well. Most notably, the pitching moment being zero puts a constraint on the longitudinal motion of the aircraft
Steady_flight
Type of aircraft tire
restricted the forward visibility on the ground, that there was a nose-down pitching moment when the tires contacted the ground on landing, particularly on a wheel
Tundra_tire
New Zealand homebuilt aircraft
"near-laminar" Riblett GA 37 A 315 section, chosen as it has a very low pitching moment. The point of maximum thickness is at 37% of the chord, which is further
Barber_Snark
Periodic change in the direction of a rotation axis
torque. However, instead of rolling over, the spinning top just pitches a little. This pitching motion reorients the spinning top with respect to the torque
Precession
American baseball player (born 1991)
Division Series Pitching Log for Kevin Gausman". Retrosheet. Retrieved July 23, 2018. "The 2014 BAL A League Championship Series Pitching Log for Kevin
Kevin_Gausman
Tab on the trailing edge of a wing
the angle of attack for zero lift (α0), and increases the nosedown pitching moment (CM), which is consistent with an increase in camber of the airfoil
Gurney_flap
American actress (born 1982)
the HBO vampire drama True Blood (2009, 2012–2014), Aubrey Posen in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017), the dual role of Reagan and Maddie Lockwood
Anna_Camp
Science fiction horror and action media franchise
docking pilot for the commercial transport ship Hunter-Gratzner. She has a moment of moral weakness during the emergency landing attempt, intending to sacrifice
The Chronicles of Riddick (franchise)
The_Chronicles_of_Riddick_(franchise)
Type of wind turbine
forces are considered to be acting at the quarter-chord point, and the pitching moment is determined to resolve the aerodynamic forces. The aeronautical terms
Vertical-axis_wind_turbine
American physicist and mathematician
Committee for Aeronautics Technical Note 2315: Supersonic lift and pitching moment of thin sweptback tapered wings produced by constant vertical acceleration
Dorothy_McFadden_Hoover
NASA research facility in Northern California
lift, drag, static and dynamic stability, flow characteristics, and pitching moment coefficients. For very high Mach number (M > 25) simulations, models
Ames_Research_Center
Type of airplane
Configuration buildup studies revealed the adverse nacelle influence on tail pitching moment contribution above 30 degrees angle of attack was not unduly severe
Grumman_Gulfstream_II
American drama television series (1989–2001)
spent in skimpy red suits. The documentary, now titled After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun, aired as an ABC News Studios program on Hulu on August 28, 2024
Baywatch
American homebuilt glider
proportion of gross weight that is made up by the pilot weight and the high pitching moment of the Wortmann FX-MS-150-B airfoil led to the center of gravity of
Hall_Vector_1
American pitcher (born 2008)
pitching for the Chicago White Sox, and Isabel, a woman of Brazilian ancestry who was born in Houston. He was raised in Roswell, Georgia and pitched at
Joseph_Contreras
American baseball player (born 1962)
hard-throwing pitching style, which he used to intimidate batters. Clemens debuted in the MLB in 1984 with the Red Sox, whose pitching staff he anchored
Roger_Clemens
121st edition of Major League Baseball's championship series
reliant on relief pitching, the 2025 Dodgers' team strength was their starting pitchers, due to the signing of Snell, a return to pitching from two-way superstar
2025_World_Series
American baseball player (born 2000)
"St. Louis Cardinals Pitching Prospect Has Noticeable Jump in Velocity". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved May 18, 2026. "Cardinals pitching prospects deliver big
Quinn_Mathews
1989 popular uprising in Romania
leave by helicopter, thus making the dictator a fugitive. At that same moment angry protesters began storming the Communist Party headquarters; Stănculescu
Romanian_revolution
Numerical software
"Virtual Aircraft Design of TransCruiser - Computing Break Points in Pitch Moment Curve", 28th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, doi:10.2514/6.2010-4366
NSMB_(mathematics)
American baseball player (born 1999)
2020. Collazo, Carlos (March 10, 2020). "2020 MLB Draft Stock Watch: Pitching, Pitching And More". Baseball America. McGavic, Matthew (May 26, 2020). "Reid
Reid_Detmers
2009 aviation accident near Comoros
increase produced a strong nose-up pitching moment. The crew did not counter it with a nose-down input, and the nose pitched up further, deepening the stall
Yemenia_Flight_626
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1993)
18, 2018. Jenkins, Craig (February 8, 2019). "Thank U, Next Is a Phoenix Moment for Ariana Grande". Vulture. Archived from the original on December 29,
Ariana_Grande
2024 studio album by Jessica Pratt
Palmer at Far Out thought that Here in the Pitch was "well worth the" five-year long wait with every moment being "gorgeously constructed" to come together
Here_in_the_Pitch
Extinct species of reptile
would have served as a canard wing to improve control and balance the pitching moment of the hindlimb wings. Dzik and Sulej noted that the structure of the
Ozimek_volans
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