> Also, flex wings are surprisingly robust, even slow beginner > nice-weather-only gliders are specified to +6 gs.
Reminds me of a picture I saw of a Boeing 757 (?) in a test rig. IIRC, they wer testing the wings to destruction. The tips had been yanked up unbelievably high and had not reached their failure point, yet. This one picture gave me a new appreciation for structural engineers, and a safer feeling when traveling in large jets - at least as far as that irrational fear of the wings falling off during flight. ;-) ;-) Jon _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
