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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject: Maneuvering speed

Remember (probably from ground school) maneuvering  speed, or Va?  Below this speed an abrupt maneuver or gust will cause the  wing to stall rather than suffer structural damage.  Also, the lighter the  weight (for a particular airplane) the lower Va becomes.  For a Cessna  150M at 1600 pounds, Va is 97Kt.  For the same airplane at 1300 pounds Va  is only 88KT.  

  

 The design vertical gust velocity is (or at  least was) pegged at 30 feet per second.  There is no rule requiring  thunderstorms to observe this limit.  

  

 George

  

  

  

  

  

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