Originally posted by hitech
Combining those to statements. Your first statment would better read.
Actually, I want a system where I have a chance of getting penalized for exceeding the limits. But on some ocacasion get to exceed the limit.
HiTech
If the flap system could be designed in such a way that models the stress from over speeding so that if you do get lucky and don't damage your flaps from overspeeding, you still run the risk of flap failure. Even if the pilot doesn't damage his flaps from going over the limit, since the stress at those limits would have weakened them, if they deploy flaps again within normal parameters they still face the likelihood of flap failure. Or if the stress so was great that it weakend it considerably, they might just fly off while in normal level flight because of structural failure. So basically, you're stacking the odds against the pilot. Yeah, he might get lucky in one area but it's going to cost him in another. The risk would be so high that it would make you pay attention to your speed while using your flaps or you will most likely not return home if you don't.
Or to use your speeding analogy...would you really go speeding down the freeway knowing that if you get caught you're going to be shot in the head? Sure, you might get lucky once but is the risk really worth it?
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