I don't know the answer to your question.
However, looking at the picture, I wonder how much the ends of the wings would have flexed without the cross support. The left upper could fold down. The right lower could fold up. The latter I think would be more likely if I am guessing the forces correctly.
Anyway, well done on such gentle control to make the landing without crashing.
I do not think that anyone will ever be able to answer your question, Gary. I cannot see anyone building a replica Bristol Fighter, damaging it like that, say lifting it into the air underneath a large helicopter and risking their life trying to land it, not to mention the insurance premium and safety regulations.
Everything's possible, you just need to forget it is impossible.
https://youtu.be/bxtYFZFFGPo
Yeah, but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I89EMDZ0dsc
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Sometimes the flight simulators put the emphasis on the "artificial" part of their artificial intelligence routines.
Not enough guns on the Bristol... just saying
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
HHmmm...... If you could keep it in the air I guess you could land it.
there was an isreali that landed an f-15 after losing one wing. and i believe a japanese pilot did the same in an earlier fighter during the sino japanese conflict.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
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