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Old April 20th 09, 04:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
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Default NTSB Safety Alert CH 601

Wanna see an airplane break up from flutter?

Watch the movie clip:

http://www.velozia.com/?p=1387

BTW, the Auguste Raspet Memorial Department of Aeronautical
Engineering at Mississippi State University does flutter testing on
airplanes, including experimentals. Bring your checkbook.

White Lightning designer and Citadel-educated engineer Nick Jones had
the White Lightning successfully tested there.

I have balanced a set of flight controls with lead embedded in the
leading edges--- rudder, elevator, ailerons --- for the White
Lightning; and no, they are not completely balanced, just enough to
avoid flutter up to about 350 kts. This is a 220 kt. cruise aircraft.