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Old 16th Dec 2016, 11:25
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When Negative G can be useful

Originally Posted by smthngdffrnt
Ok, I got it, however, I don´t see any difference in terms of design, in other words, can anyone give one example of structure able to support +5 G´s and not -3 G´s? If I´m not wrong I guess it is just the same force with different sign so I don´t see why a stabilator -example- can just tolerates high forces in the "possitive side".

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Somewhere from the distant past, my memory recalled a specific 1970 event.
This link might be of interest and is reported by the late pilot concerned.


https://historic.aerobatics.org.uk/r...ng_failure.htm
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