ADP wrote:

At the risk of reviving a flogged horse, does anyone find this part of the
analysis strange:

"The control linkages for the airbrakes and flaps are interconnected so that
when full airbrake
deployment is achieved, the flaps are extended to their full down limit."

What do you think the extension of full flaps at hight speed does to the
load distribution and the strength of the wing structure?

If the ailerons follow the flaps, this would cause the G loading to
increase (higher lift configuration), while shifting the load towards
the tips (not instantaneously, but very soon thereafter) because the
spoiler effect.

If the ailerons don't follow the flaps, the G loading would increase but
not as much, and the load may or may not be shifted to the tips, because
the inner section would have the higher lift configuration.

I don't think the strength of the structure would be changed by the flap
deflection.
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Eric Greenwell
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