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dustman

Well Known Member
This is just one of the off the wall thoughts that go thru my head at times for no real reason. The question at hand how would a person go about testing the structural soundness of the wing to fuselage connection of an experimental airplane or any aircraft without destroying said aircraft.
 
you can test it with lead shot bags, both up to the limit of everyday forces and above that to the safety rating. If you are making something new you need to do this testing, and it doesn't matter if it ends up being destructive, if it doesn't meet the limits you NEED TO KNOW THAT.

i don't know of a way to test things without the chance for it being destructive.

don't be cheap in this area.
 
Gotta Break-Um

Testing something to someone else's certification limit only tells you that it's "good enough". If you want to know "how good", you have to be willing to break something. Even Boeing is will to sacrifice an entire aircraft to verify their engineering work. Great video attached.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe9PVaFGl3o
Terry, CFI
RV-9A N323TP
 
Use sandbags to simulate the forces.

In germany we have to make a structural load test for every experimental aircraft, no matter how many of the same type are already flying.

You can find pictures here:

http://www.rv8r.de/

If you want to test the wings, you have to turn it upside down.
 
Ingo Weise said:
In germany we have to make a structural load test for every experimental aircraft, no matter how many of the same type are already flying.

You can find pictures here:

http://www.rv8r.de/

If you want to test the wings, you have to turn it upside down.
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How much to you have to load - simulated 6g LIMIT load?

Jim Sharkey
RV-6 Phase 1
 
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