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This doesn't mention CoG, but it mentions "dynamic instability":

https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/how-the-boeing-...

In the 737 Max, the engine nacelles themselves can, at high angles of attack, work as a wing and produce lift. And the lift they produce is well ahead of the wing’s center of lift, meaning the nacelles will cause the 737 Max at a high angle of attack to go to a higher angle of attack. This is aerodynamic malpractice of the worst kind.



Yes, that doesn't claim that the center of lift shifts ahead of the CoG. Nor is it a reliable source.




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