PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Air Transat loses A310 rudder inflight
View Single Post
Old 8th Mar 2005, 15:13
  #31 (permalink)  
Wino
Union Goon
 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: New Jersey, USA
Posts: 1,097
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Also the original A300 with the aluminum fin had a ratio changer rudder load limiter that worked in the conventional manner.

The A310 and the A300600 have a fixed ratio rudder load limiter that is a trap for an oscilation, and is a VERY bad design.

Whether you break the whole fin off or just the rudder would be a function of the speed of the incident.

Cheers
Wino
Wino is offline