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11th Feb 2013, 04:35

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matthewlai

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Ah! It makes sense if the stress limit is in G's.

But then the next question would be, why are airplanes rated in G's, and not absolute forces?

A heavy airplane and a light airplane pulling the same G definitely stress the airframe differently?

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