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Flight Safety - Vne, flutter, structural overload, etc.

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BJC

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New thread so as not to complete the hijack of the several threads that have touched on these subjects.

Rockydog2:

They say that confession is good for the soul, so lets fess up; someone may learn something.

I'll go first. I routinely fly the Pitts over Vne but under Vd, with "Plan B" strapped on. I flew the Sportsman to Vd, roughly 111% of Vne, during Phase I, but have not been over Vne since then, until one day last week. Our airport has two grass runways and hundreds of Sandhill Cranes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_crane which can do lots of damage to an airplane. FAA safety specialist have recommended that we do a fly-by to clear them from the runway before landing. Always being willing to heed the recommendations of the FAA, I rolled into a pass down 27. I normally target 160 knots, which seems to get the birds' attention, but last week when I glanced at the airspeed, I was moving faster than I had ever been in the Sportsman. Nothing broke, and nothing got bent, but it is a source of much consternation that I let it happen.

Reminds me that "As soon as you get complacent, the machine will rise up and bite you."

OK. Joe and others, your turn.


BJC
 
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