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Old 15th Mar 2019, 14:05
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Originally Posted by Running Ridges
They move the lift distribution outboard, so if you're pulling 2g with the speedbrakes out the root bending moment will be higher compared to a 2g manouevre with a clean wing.
In any case I doubt you'd still be accelerating if you're pulling 2g+ as the drag would be significantly higher
At a given AOA the lift the wing can produce is significantly reduced with the speedbrakes out which would unload the wing. If you pulled to a higher AOA to maintain the same G force it may be possible you would shift the bending moment but I doubt it has much impact.
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