Do airframes bend?

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Originally Posted by RE77ACTION

I'm not an expert, but is this the same thing that happens currently to the BF110 when you go beyond 500 kph. At 550 kph the plane is almost out of control with its twisting and drifting.

I guess the 110s case is a simulation of control surface flutter. Simply to put, the airflow over control surfaces gets turbulent, and it starts to vibrate and deflect the control surface increasingly wildly. Its a very dangerous situation, as this would vibrate the whole structure and sooner or later it will structurally fail and fall apart.

The odd thing about the 110 that this starts well below the official diving limits of the plane since the recent patches..