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Old 12th January 2005 | 04:38
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ICT_SLB
 
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From: Nirvana South
Stress,
Flight controls are not my specialty but I note you said it's a turbine Dak. Is your pilot familiar with the turbine version? If radial piston engines are replaced by turbines, a lot of gyro stabilisation from all that rotating machinery is lost and handling effected. As an example, look at the CL415 versus the old 215 - most of all that extra ironmongery on the wings & tail is just adding back in the stability lost in the engine change.
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