kevmusic
19th Feb 2012, 17:00
Hope the good folks here can enlighten me. I had the experience of flying by Qatar on an A330 the other week. This is my first experience of commercial flying in over 30 years, and as a keen PPL, was gratified to get a window seat aft of the wing so that I could see what was going on.
Well I wasn't so alarmed as, let's say, interested, when the flaps were deployed, and the outboard corner of the starboard flap was oscillating, very rapidly, through a range of what appeared to be about 6-8 inches. I couldn't imagine that this was anything other than a normal situation, but I do wonder why it can be tolerated. Doesn't it generate wear and tear/fatigue, or something? Thanks in advance. :)
Well I wasn't so alarmed as, let's say, interested, when the flaps were deployed, and the outboard corner of the starboard flap was oscillating, very rapidly, through a range of what appeared to be about 6-8 inches. I couldn't imagine that this was anything other than a normal situation, but I do wonder why it can be tolerated. Doesn't it generate wear and tear/fatigue, or something? Thanks in advance. :)