Structural Testing Of Homebuilt Aircraft
wing deflections by reading off those . . and of the builder under stress. He we want to find out how close the
yardsticks that have been suggested can also keep assuring the builder wing's elasticity is to the 100% load.
earlier. The important ones are at the that a properly designed and consci- The expected "straight" line between
wingtips and in the wing center, how- entiously built wing is not being the 20% load and 100% load will
ever, yardsticks installed midway tortured at all. most likely be slightly bent. Nothing
between the wing root and the tips First we have to remove slack in the wrong with that. However, if it curves
may be of interest for the more engi- supporting fixture and in fittings, pins, excessively, as indicated in Figure 10
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