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Scott Skylane wrote:


Talked to a guy who has an old Army Flight Manual, and one of Warren
Woods', too. He described a graph in the Army book that showed a limit
of 3.0 G's at 26000 lbs, sloping to 2.5 G's at 30600 lbs, and then
extending into the "caution" zone up to about 36000 lbs.

The Woods manual listed several configurations, from flaps 0 to flaps
45, and various angles of attack. Basically, these values ranged from
+/- 2.83 G's, down to +0.44 G's, all at 26900 lbs.

These values seem consistant with CAR 4b, which it was probably
certified under. 4b states a minimum of 2.5 Gs.

I suspect these figures are in reality *very* conservative, as no one
I've ever talked to has heard of a -3 falling out of the sky due to load
induced structural failure.


Thanks Scott!

Yeah, sounds conservative to me..especially after seeing the way they're
built. That gives me a start though.

Thanks again.