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Old 11th Jan 2018, 10:54
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StickWithTheTruth
 
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Originally Posted by RV6JOY
As for "Stickwiththe truths" wishing to know were they doing aero's, I find it hard to believe any pilot with the experience of this one would pull 6 or 7g (4.5 X 1.5 ultimate) and break a wing off.
I guess I was more wondering if they were 10 years old or more perhaps and have been thrashed daily doing aeros. More likely to lose an ancillary item or control issue rather than breaking the wing off an RV in controlled flight, I agree with that.
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