Actually, I'm talking about flutter.  VNE (for our homebuilt purposes) seems to be that IAS at which the designer who almost certainly hasn't gone into it too very deeply, begins to perceive that he is on the cusp of being uncomfortably close to it.  Flutter that is.  It's on that page in the POH that even SMELLS like it's been pulled out of someone's ass :o)
I think I'll get some sleep ... Jim S.

Jim Sower wrote:

Actually, I've been given to understand that *both* IAS and TAS are a factor.  I don't know exactly what the relationship is, just that they both come into play.
But now I've  told you more than I know ... Jim S.

John Slade wrote:

 > Apparently Vne is NOT, it is a factor of True Airspeed!!  That's contrary to what I've read with respect to canard pushers, Ed.
As I understand it VNE for the Cozy, for example, is 220 mph IAS.
It's all to do with how many air molecules are hitting the airplane.
Someone tell me I'm wrong. ???
 
John
 
 
 

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