An aircraft has two cylindrical fuel tanks at the wing tip. Each tip tank has a mass of 280 kg, a diameter of 40 cm, and a length of 1.2 m. The wing span is 14 m. Determine the tip tanks’ lateral mass...

An aircraft has two cylindrical fuel tanks at the wing tip. Each tip tank has a mass of 280 kg, a diameter of 40 cm, and a length of 1.2 m. The wing span is 14 m. Determine the tip tanks’ lateral mass moments of inertia (i.e., I
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) as a group about the aircraft cg. Assume the aircraft cg is along the fuselage center line.