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Old 04-12-2008, 07:39 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Yariv View Post
53131 replaces the 48000 in my example. the wing will have to produce enough lift to equal the 53131 plus the tail down force (which will be 1107 lbs.) for a total of 54238 lbs of lift. not a problem! airplane is certified for this. we don't have a published wing-loading limit.

We have a max allowable take-off weight of 53131 or 49823, which does not include the extra tail down force. Plus, when we calculate a runway, climb, brake or obsticle weight limit, that doesn't include the extra thousand pounds of effective tail down force the airplane feels.
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