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Old 24th October 2006 | 19:14
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Double Zero
 
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G-limiting

It stands to reason, which you were of course getting at in the first place, that aircraft are limited if carrying stores.

There is a relatively recent film of a Wart-on Harrier ( they don't know what to do with it up there apart from chase Whippets ) which departed in a big way & folded the pylons flat under the wing.

Also possibly more to the point, a Sea Jet years ago did a high G pull, resulting in lofting drop tanks, I believe complete with pylons, into a chap's Asparagus bed...

Most if not all fast jet a/c are limited to around 3g until the droptanks are empty or disposed of - rare due to cost unless in real combat - as aerodynamic loads soon come into the equasion.
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