The C-5A airplane is a very large airplane designed to transport extremely large quantities of cargo. The design requirements include the structural capability to sustain abnormally high lateral gust loads, of recovering from an upset at limit speed even though the horizontal stabilizer is trimmed full airplane nose down, and to provide a high degree of reliability. This paper presents some of the unique design considerations made during the engineering phase of the C-5A project to optimize reliability and safety and to minimize the structural weight of the airplane.


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    Title :

    Unique Design Considerations for a Large “T” Tail Aircraft


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    National Business Aircraft Meeting and Engineering Display ; 1968



    Publication date :

    1968-04-03




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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