On 2007-12-20, Jay Honeck wrote:
definitely NOT) to figure out the air-loads on the vertical and
horizontal stabilizers of Viperdoc's Baron. I wonder how many
thousands of pounds of pressure are being exerted on that empennage
every time he flies?

I'd presume tens of pounds not thousands. The horizontal stab in normal
level flight only provides a small amount of downforce (if it had to
provide thousands of pounds, the aircraft would be horrifically
inefficient and very nose heavy)

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