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Vertical Load Acceleration Limits

HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58
Posted (9 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1068 times:

The following flight vertical load acceleration limits are specified in the FAA Flight Manual for B732s,

(a) Flaps up .........................................................2.5g to -1.0g
(b) Flaps down.....................................................2.0g to 0.0g

What is the Maximum vertical loads it can sucessfully take under test conditions.
regds
HAWK

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FredT From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2002, 2184 posts, RR: 26
Reply 1, posted (9 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1004 times:

The simple answer is that we don't know how much they can actually take. That's why we have safety margins when designing them. Smile

But if you ever get a chance, check out imagery of destructive testing of wings. The forces and amount of bending they can sustain before breaking is nothing short of amazing.

Cheers,
Fred

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