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Old 9th Feb 2002, 13:11
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Shore Guy
 
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Master Green and all,

Perhaps my reference to "feet on the floor" during the wake turbulence encounter was slightly inappropriate, but, according to the NTSB, the event began some 93 seconds after liftoff, with normal climb/acceleration to that point. With normal profiles in a large twin, that does not qualify this (in my opinion) as an "after take off -low level climb event” as you describe. As I recall, the aircraft was at or close to clean maneuver speed, where critical rudder inputs are not normally needed. Your offensiveness in your defense was not necessary. (By the way, what is “RTQF”?).

An A-300 or any other large twin is not a Pitts Special, nor should it be flown as one. There are different skills/disciplines required to fly each one well – and sometimes those skills are mutually exclusive.

I will once again pose my original query – is there someone with an engineering background who would like to address the specific loads/stresses on the vertical stabilizer/rudder on large twin engine aircraft?
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