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Old 11th February 2010 | 00:54
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Intruder
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The paragraph you cite is very misleading...

Maneuvering speed is the speed below which the airplane will stall before reaching the G limit. However, in any regime, rapid control reversals may impose loads beyond design loads, and extremely rapid control input may do the same. The wing spars may not break, but control surfaces and attachment points may fail...
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