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Old 19th Feb 2007, 11:18
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GOLF_BRAVO_ZULU
 
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This is what used to happen with transverse push/pull rods and drum-stick links;

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...=196858&page=2 Post 28, Viscount loss at Manch

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=168959 Post 3 Ambassador loss at LHR.

Both were asymmetric, uncommanded flap retraction. An AVRO Tudor may have done something similar in 1951 but I don't want to get barred from the Forum.
Last edited by GOLF_BRAVO_ZULU; 20th Feb 2007 at 15:47. Reason: Standard finger trouble!
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