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Old 5th Dec 2016, 21:23
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Apologies - it wasn't confusion it was an assumption. I assumed that any aeroplane in that class would be designed for equal positive and negative cases. The point is that if you need it you design for it - if you don't then NOT designing for it will reduce weight and drag, and thus give greater performance for the intended mission. So the asymmetry in the G clearance is just a design choice.
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