Paul Tomblin wrote:
In a previous article, Erik said:
Sheista wrote:
http://www.thepollspace.com/polls.php?pollid=1359



I know this already, but it always amazes me to see
the wing holding up the plane. It's propped off of
the ground on the one wing. I know this happens in
the air, it's just neat to see how strong the wings
actually are.

In the air, the load is distributed along the length of the wing, rather
than just on the wing tip. So this wing is taking more torque than a wing
in the air.

Only if you consider an air load of 1G. I'd have to do that calculation
to be sure, but I'm fairly confident that 4G in the air is more moment
at the wing root than is 1G at the tip.

Matt