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Old 28th Apr 2005, 07:51
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It's in the regs...

I-2021,

You will find that turbopropellor aircraft, whether FAR23 or FAR25, do not have a Vne...only a Vmo (or in some cases) Mmo as well.
This is primarily due to certification limitations...IE: flutter.

Control surface flutter is very bad news indeed, as a few have found out many years ago.

Believe it or not, even such old types as the DC-7 and (later) models of the Lockheed Constellation had Mach number speed limitations.

Lessons were learned the hard way, many years ago.
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