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Old 16th February 2006 | 20:59
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Grunf
 
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Well,
I guess, as I said, they won't tell for which loadcase that happened. So they will fix it, adjust the loading limit for that specific maneuver, for example.


Sunfish:

I would somewhat disagree with you. In my opinion this is sort of a big deal since they made it public. Maybe info leaked outside of Airbus so, in order to prevent rumors, they went public which is OK. Failure during test is a bit embarrassing, after all, since you do assume that the structure was designed with some overshot. Going on the zero margin will save weight but it will bring you too close to the edge.

One more slight correction: from what I am aware last 30 years all aircraft are not fail-safe anymore but "damage tolerant". That means they can sustain some damage that can be then followed by proper inspections etc. etc.

Cheers
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