Originally Posted by
john_tullamarine
Yes you can, I never suggested altering OEM figures. Just manipulating the figures
Interesting .. might we ask you to show us the detail of what you are doing and the rationale ?
Having spent a good share of my career involved in certification type work, comments like Clown's scare the crap out of me. Between good engineering and the regulations, modern jet aircraft are designed with large safety margins. Those margins are there to insure various 'unknown unknowns' won't result in a catastrophic outcome.
OTOH, those margins mean that people can intentionally exceed established limits without consequence so long as nothing else goes wrong (I recall once hearing a 747F pilot from a now defunct operator brag that the 747 was already a "million pound airplane" - back when the 747F certified MTOW was under 800k lbs.
).
However as soon as something else goes wrong, the resultant wreckage makes it painfully obvious why those limitations are there
Or, to put it simply: what part of 'maximum' don't you understand?
Well put fantom...