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Old 1st Oct 2006, 22:40
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Sunfish
 
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I would like to draw your attention to Danny's post regarding Kinetic Energy. There needs to be zero speculation about exactly where the two jets touched. You can safely assume that at the closing velocities involved, it simply doesn't matter. It's purely academic and discussion is of no possible value.

For the record, winglets and wingtips are deliberately designed to fail at much lower loads than the rest of the wing - to protect the integrity of the wing structure.
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