Static Balance: When a propeller, mounted in a steel spindle and resting on knife edges, remains at rest it is said to be statically balanced.
Station: A term applied to Royal Air Force aerodromes and depots.
This balance of forces is called the hydrostatic balance. When the two do not quite balance the difference is the buoyancy force which is the upward, or downward, ...
CENTER OF GRAVITY (CG or CofG) - The longitudinal and lateral point in an aircraft where it is stable; the static balance point.
CHORD - The measurable distance between the leading and trailing edges of a WINGFORM.
 See also: Banked turn, Service ceiling, Rate of climb, Attitude, Chine
  
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