Originally Posted by
Takwis
So in other words, you are saying that, "Elevator Control is sufficient to safely land the aircraft regardless of stabilizer position" doesn't mean "regardless of stabilizer position"; it means "any NORMALLY ENCOUNTERED position." I think I'm going to have to go back to English class, I guess.
Consider the situation of the airplane being loaded to its aft CG limit but the stabilizer trimmed full nose up or the opposite of forward CG with full nose down stabilizer. In either of these cases the elevator will be overwhelmed - particularly at high speed. Why do you suppose runaway stabilizer memory item to shut down stabilizer power is so critical and practiced so often?