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1st Jun 2021, 06:19

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rich34glider

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Originally Posted by Pypard

The F8F has folding wings, so no continuous spar. Wasn't it also planned to have the wingtips jettisonable?

They were designed to fail at the hinge line at 7.5G as a weight-saving measure

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