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  1. jsada

    Maneuvering Speed and Weight

    Sorry to both of you, but your answers do not satisfy me yet. You see, I am questioning wether a lighter than gross loaded airplane should be restrained at the same level of G limits as the fully loaded example. Let´s imagine you are given the task to design the structure of the wing of an...
  2. jsada

    Maneuvering Speed and Weight

    Can somebdy out there explain to me why is Maneuvering Speed G-limted and not Load-limited as a function of weight ? Please see http://www.ec.erau.edu/cce/faculty/sf335ch3_2.ppt As far as I knew, a wing is, for this purpose, the limiting factor. A wing, as a beam, can only support a certain...
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