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Old 3rd Oct 2006, 10:03
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Tailwind

As a plane is designed to tolerate some negative g-s, it would seem that tailwind would be unlikely to exceed the g limits... After all, airspeed zero would just unload the wing and put the craft to 0g - well within the limits. What would a wing do if it has negative airspeed, or 180 degrees AoA?

Whereas an updraught could cause considerable aerodynamic forces...
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