Hi everyone,
I've just been shown a video on Youtube taken by a passenger on the A380. I noticed that shortly before landing, the outboard aileron appears to segment into four pieces (give or take) and perform a little mexican wave just before touchdown!
Now I fly 737NGs in the day job, but never came across this or heard about it before!
If anybody knows what I'm referring to, could they possibly enlighten me as to what purpose this technique holds, apart from looking cool?
If not, may I direct you to the video in question - have a look from 4:04 onwards.
YouTube - Worst! Landing of A380 Tokyo(NRT)-Singapore
Cheers, Ad
p.s. ignore the name of the video, I know
