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Old 7th Mar 2019, 15:21
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Originally Posted by McGinty
At that speed of descent such a manoeuvre would likely tear the wings off if the ground had not intervened first.
Utter rubbish...again.
The rate of change determines the forces on the airplane. Do you even know what the V-speeds mean?
You can easily recover from a Vne dive if you do not exceed load limitations.
So nothing “tearing off”.
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