"Jon S. Berndt" wrote:
> > Also, flex wings are surprisingly robust, even slow beginner
> > nice-weather-only gliders are specified to +6 gs.
IIRC the Vari-EZ composite is spec'ed at +12 -6 and Ruttan refuses to divulge
the actual limits. (Not that you're going to be awake after pulling +12
anyway.)
> Reminds me of a picture I saw of a Boeing 757 (?) in a test rig. ...The tips
> had been yanked up
> unbelievably high and had not reached their failure point, yet. ...
I recall reading that the test limit is 150% of design load limit. That caused
me a little concern, but seeing the displacement needed to break the wing helps
alleviate some of the unease in watching those wings flex in flight. Too bad
there are fools who watch the same engineering marvel and only see another
weapon. :-(
Regards,
Charlie H.
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this to be a coincidence."
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