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Old 21st Mar 2022, 21:35
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Originally Posted by 777JockeyIN
Rudder or the whole vertical stabilizer sheering off wont create such a rapid fall. Remember there is airspeed and Ailerons and Elevators should still be effective, assuming symmetrical thrust. Only the directional control is lost.
Intentional dive or Runaway nose down stabilizer is what I can think off. The video seems too unrealistic.
What do you suppose the loss of a ton of weight (VS) from the extreme aft of the fuselage (long lever arm) would do to the CoG? I would expect a severe and probably uncontrollable nose-over.

https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-457960.html

What would it do to the integrity of the hydraulic lines running to the rudder? And thus the availability of hydraulic control pressure for elevator operation?
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