Originally Posted by
Ozgrade3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F23RciUwDE
Looking at a typical aircraft with folding wings such as the Skyraider.
When the wings are unfolded, how is the stress from airloads on the outer wing panel transmitted through the join in the spar. Logic would suggest that some locking pin is used, but the pin is smaller than the spar, so how does the pin not that is much smaller than the spar carry the loads. Is it as simple as a bloody strong pin?
Gentlemen that reminds me... A question off on a tangent if I may which has come to mind watching that big ole bird start up.
Does a piston engine have a choke for a cold start? Or is there another arrangement like the fifth injector on my car?