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Old 12th Feb 2019, 13:16
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Gums, Betcha forgot about your downsprings on your VooDoo.
Other than the pusher, it had a lot in common with the Phantom in its design concept.

Overall, when I look at the design concept for the NG and Max, it seems that the control forces can get awfully high, and when you begin to get into cable stretch force levels, you lose control authority.
As FCEng84 pointed out elsewhere, the elevator is hinge moment limited as to how much deflection it can generate and that too limits a pilot's ability to control his aircraft
I have read that when stall AOA threshold is reached, the control system further increases control forces in order to make it harder to pull further into a stall. How do you spell more loss of control authority?
On the surface, it seems logical, but it all works to take away a pilot's ability to control his aircraft.
Does a transport really have to fly like a truck?
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