Zeke and 'Gang': Good guess. Flew ten years on an old machine as FO ( now five as captain), whose speed-controlled rudder limiter engages from about 170-300 knots. It has some (right) hydraulic assist but this only reduces the Vref speed several knots. Depending on the weight, naturally. This does not include the flap-rudder stop on most of them, to reduce the chance of excessive sideslip. We don't design, build or maintain them-we just fly them..somebody's got to do it...
Apparently, anyone from the US who even suggests a connection between various A-310/300 accident/incidents is clearly out of bounds. My company operates a large number of other Airbus products. This gets so tiresome.
Is this still not the case on Pprune? The same old cross-Atlantic chickens#it. We've read it on Pprune for years. The same old defensive verbal fortresses are built on the spot to quickly defend against just the questioning of any Airbus product or sometimes against a Boeing or McDonald Douglas product. I do enjoy the actual information which results from idle speculation.
But if those who question are from east of the Atlantic, then any such topic is fair game. As a reminder, the AMR A-300 went down in the US. There were reportedly also some damaged vertical stabilizers on A300s or A-310s operated by Interflug and Air France. Somebody else reported this on Pprune, weeks or months ago. Maybe none of it is true. Happy hunting chaps at Angels 15.
Last edited by Ignition Override; 15th Mar 2005 at 03:36.