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Old 26th Jul 2010, 12:22
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They won't get certified with a 65kt Vs, AIUI. The limit is ~ 60kt. The TBM700 got this increased by demonstrating a higher level of crash-proofing.

Interesting input on stability... presumably they are aware of this issue; nowadays everything will have been extensively simulated with CAD.
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