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"Maxwell" wrote in news:rE8Sj.111612$Ft5.40536
@newsfe15.lga:
>
> "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
> news:Xns9A902CCD01595pissupropeeh@207.14.116.130...
>> Dan_Thomas_nospam@yahoo.com wrote in news:96353123-74d2-46a1-a81a-
>> 8bf2bcc670a7@h1g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> On Apr 29, 6:12 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you mean if oyu move the trim tab in the same direction as the
>>>> elevator? IN general, yes, it will.
>>>
>>> In general. Control surface deflections are part of the type
>>> certificate data, and it's to make sure there's enough control
>>> authority without stalling the control surface. Too much travel
would
>>> do that, and I think that having an elevator tab full-up, say, and
>>> then using full-up elevator, could start the tab stalling a little,
>>> maybe enough to stall the elevator itself. Never seen it though.
>>> I remember a story by some guy who found that his elevator was
>>> jammed somehow and he couldn't get full up travel while in flight.
He
>>> was able to get enough authority to flare using some power and full
>>> nose-down trim, which raised the tab and helped raise the nose,
though
>>> he had to pull pretty hard against that trim.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I know someone who had an elevator jam (no up) after doing aerobatics
in
>> a glider. A Blanik. The rear seat cushion had come loose and jammed
the
>> stick slightly forward. He managed to land using the elevator trim in
>> it's reverse sense. I'm sure it happened fairly often in combat in
WW2.
>> After that it would have been all boosted controls anyway..
>>
>> Bertie
>>
>
> Sure you did Bertie, you know everyone, have done everything, have
seen
> everything,,,,, except the way we see you.
>
>
We? Who's we? You and the Smurf army you keep on your desk?
Bertie
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