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Old 11th Aug 2006, 09:46
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rodthesod
 
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Originally Posted by John Farley
I see that according to the initial NTSB report into the recent Spectrum flight test accident the aircraft took off with the aileron controls reversed.
A very sad gotcha, but I would bet good money that one day it will happen again.
This is so sad, when it is so very easy to make control linkages Murphy-proof at the design stage. (e.g. Male-female connector Left - Female-male Right)
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