ED Decision 2003/13/RM
(a) Strength requirements are specified in terms of limit loads (the maximum loads to be expected in service) and ultimate loads (limit loads multiplied by prescribed factors of safety). Unless otherwise provided, prescribed loads are limit loads.
(b) Unless otherwise provided, the air and ground loads must be placed in equilibrium with inertia forces, considering each item of mass in the sailplane. These loads must be distributed so as to represent actual conditions or a conservative approximation to them.
(c) If deflections under load would significantly change the distribution of external or internal loads, this redistribution must be taken into account.
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