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Old 18th Apr 2022, 07:20
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Originally Posted by 639
Actually the opposite, wing mounted mass will lower the overall structural loading on a wing in a high G turn

er....


ummm....


ah...

absolutely or relatively?

if the option is between having a load on the fuselage or on the wings, quite correct.
If the mass is just added as "wing-mounted mass will lower the overall structural loading on a wing in a high G turn", then.... er... nope. The only thing that affects the wing bending moment is the load at the wing root, the mass of the fuselage. Adding a decorative load to the wings without removing same from the fuselage isn't going to change the outcome, other than increasing the CL required to achieve a certain g loading if the whole weight is greater as a result of the decorative bangles applied to the wings.
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