Timeline for Can a Boeing 767-200 fly at 510 knots at a height of 400 metres?
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| Jul 10, 2018 at 4:46 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | @CarloFelicione Flutter depends on TAS. v$_{MO}$ is not the limit, that is v$_D$. You need to apply the flutter margin on top of maximum TAS and v$_D$ will give you the maximum dynamic pressure. | |
| Jul 9, 2018 at 23:07 | comment | added | Romeo_4808N | There’s also the issue of Vmo vs Mmo. The Vmo is 360 KIAS vs 602 KIAS corresponding to an Mmo of 0.91 at those altitudes. Presumably Boeing engineers in a buffer of 20% or so prior to the onset of control surface flutter, so that would allow for a maximum forward speed of 430-440 KIAS prior to the onset of control surface flutter. I don’t think you could get to Mmo at low altitudes like that. | |
| Jun 4, 2015 at 14:38 | history | edited | Peter Kämpf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 4, 2015 at 14:30 | history | answered | Peter Kämpf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |