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Old 5th Dec 2008, 16:05
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Jhieminga
 
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An interesting fact about the flight controls is that it used servo tabs on all surfaces. The yoke mechanically controlled the servo tab (no boost) and aerodynamics did the rest. I've read that at slow speed it did sometimes seem to slow down the aircraft's response.
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