or flutter?
On 20 Sep 2007, at 19:16, Andrew Sarangan wrote:
> <asarangan@yahoo.com>
>
> Vne is not always an airframe limitation. Under FAR 23.33 (U.S. regs),
> the propeller speed should remain within 110% of the max rpm at Vne. I
> know that the Diamond Katana aircraft had such a Vne. It had
> nothing to
> do with the airframe. Also, experimentals do not have to comply with
> Part 23, and for that matter, I don't think there is any
> requirement to
> even have a Vne.
>
> Even in the case of airframe-limited Vne, it may not be a load factor
> limit. The 3.8G someone else mentioned is for Va. Vne could be, for
> example, the speed at which the windows blow out; or the antennas get
> ripped out. It may have little to do with wing loading.
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