One must keep in mind that an airplane "stressed to (insert # here) Gs" means all components, bearing the load intended, meet that same rating, not just spars and fittings. Include things like radio trays, battery boxes, and seats with occupants of course.
Chris On 2/25/2015 3:18 PM, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet wrote: >> "I know Marty Roberts tested his 760 pound empty KR to 6 G's on his G > meter. The forces were great enough to cause his baggage compartment > to tear loose and limit the travel of the elevator cables. It came > very close to being fatal." > > A similar failure, this time seat, actually killed two occupants at a KR > get-together - if I recall that correctly. Sparky witnessed it and told > me about it so maybe he'll chime in with the facts. Somebody taking > someone for a ride & doing a high-speed, high-G pass & suddenly their > weight came down on the cables. > > Seats, baggage area structure and tail sections fail before the main spar > with super high-G's with KR's. Getting caught in a thunderstorm could do > it if one was unlucky. Scott Crossfield in a T-210 with struts lost it > going through a severe cell. I could see a really severe T-storm shear > putting one's head into the canopy enough to break it and/or the seat > structure, especially an older sling seat. Gotta really slow down if > one stumbles into something like that. > > Mike > KSEE > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Buffett?EUR^(TM)s Nightmare > Warren Buffett admits this is a ?EURoereal threat?EUR? > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/54ee4a674e204a66318dst03vuc > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
