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Old 19th May 2009, 01:45
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Here's an example of when using rudder to 'pick up' a wing is a great idea....when being aerotowed in a glider.(in the early stages of an aerotow the ailerons are useless) But the rudder will pick that wing up straightaway. and of course energy is being added.

Another is: when a stall is about to kill you and only the rudder is still working. The ailerons are of in a huff for sure, but the roll spoilers?

Personally, I think this guy flapped. Got a shaker, hoiked it up, lost it

Fuxxackes! if he had done NOTHING for a few seconds it would have been ok.

It might look like a bus, feel like a bus (at least to pax) a bus it is not