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by NeedMoreTea 2438 days ago
Not just forward, the 737MAX engines are mounted forward and higher.

If you move CofG forward, and up you move the balance point forward and up, reduce elevator authority, and with similar tail mass now a metre or two further behind the balance point, it will want to sit tail-heavy. So they tried to trim it out, and we are where we are.