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§3.280 Wing-tip float loads.

CAR 3 · Wing-tip Float and Sea Wing Loads · Strength Requirements · at CAR3-14 (current)

Text in force at CAR3-14: from CAR3-0, effective 1 Nov 1949. OCR text

Wing-tip floats and their attachment, including the wing structure, shall be analyzed for each of the following conditions: (a) A limit load acting vertically up at the completely submerged center of buoyancy and equal to 3 times the completely submerged displacement. (b) A limit load inclined upward at 45 degrees to the rear and acting through the completely submerged center of buoyancy and equal to 3 times the completely submerged displacement. (c) A limit load acting parallel to the water surface (laterally) applied at the center of area of the side view and equal to 1.5 times the completely submerged displacement.

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