I'm no engineer, Brian, but I suspect that that flexibility is essential for
the robustness of the machine. It it's too rigid it breaks suddenly at a
certain level of stress.
Chris
On 29 Dec 2012, at 14:52, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Back in the day I flew countless miles on business up and down NZ in
> DC3s.
> It always fascinated me the degree to which the wings would flex when flying
> through a storm with significant turbulence. And they didn't fall off.
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