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Old 17th Oct 2008, 19:49
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spannersatKL
 
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Surely it would go fully horizontal stab nose down with the screw jack sheared (airplane nose up). The horizontal stab is an inverted aerofoil on the 737 and would tend to fly and the lift forward of the hinge would make the stab nose down increasing the down force on the tail. As said earlier probably Mr. Boeing made the Elevator to just oppose the moment!!!
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