Originally Posted by
SASless
Mitch....we are talking about a 169....not a 92.
My question was very much Type specific.
How the Tail Rotor would react if this component came adrift would determine how the aircraft reacted to the failure.
Would the Servo(s) go hard over in one direction or another....or would there just be a loss of Pilot input and the Tail Rotor itself be free to find some position it liked?
Perhaps some Engineers that work on the 169 can advise us on that?
The nut in question is on the end of the pitch change shaft, after the pilot input and servo assy, so neither of these would be able to transmit any movement to the TR pitch.