High Speed Shaking

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by RAF74_Winger

Wouldn't the damping ratio be increased at lower altitudes with denser air, leading to greater risk of instability/flutter higher up?

I don't know that, just asking the question.

W.

Flutter will occur at any altitude, the higher you go, the higher the IAS. Consequently your VNE would increase the higher you go, I am not sure whether they went as far as giving different VNEs according to altitude in those days though..