was there any attempt to rectify... did it ever fly?
A long time since I had an involvement with the design side of things at the factory so I am not able to say just what went on. There are a couple of the other lads post to PPRuNe who would know the ins and outs .. they may feel moved to comment on the detail.
Reading this thread it is sad to see some of the fringe comments from those who clearly had no knowledge of the aircraft at all and rely on regurgitating disaffected propaganda.
At the end of the day
(a) Nomad had a number of strengths .. payload/GW, low speed lateral control, low cost provided you kept the maintenance up to it, etc.
(b) and a number of weaknesses .. the tin was a bit on the thin side for durability and tended to crack a tad here and there, flap 20 long stab, ailerons a bit on the weak side initially, etc.
... strengths and weaknesses ... just like any other aircraft Type.
Keeping in mind that the design originally started out as a single engine machine of (memory failing here) 5000-6000lb and, as the N24A ended up OEI climb limited with that tiny flea-power engine the factory didn't do too badly. I can't recall exactly but there was either/both a drawing and/or model of the early single studies in Wriggles' office ... at the time I was one of the boys just outside in the main design office beavering away on sums and such like.
The main problem was that the Nomad was a fill-in task (to keep the personnel/organisation intact) between major assembly projects and was hamstrung by short production run authorisations .. you just can't get any economies of scale if you are limited to buying things in 5s and 10s rather than hundreds.
Those operators who exploited the Type's strengths made good dollars from the aircraft, those who exploited the weaknesses probably should have played with some other sort of (read "more forgiving") aeroplane.
The ADF story is not as simplistic as many would suggest/imagine. The Nomad's original purpose was no longer relevant to the military and they needed to find a way to short circuit the normal channels for replacement to get the desired communication capable Type .. it shouldn't be too hard for PPRuNe bright folk to figure out what became the strategy ... "Widow Maker" ? ... made for good copy on Four Corners ...
Did the tailplane wiggle a bit on the ground ? .. it sure did. In fact, for the Senate enquiry, a keen lad (who shall remain nameless) put together a video comparing a range of Types ... all of which did the the same sort of thing to a greater or lesser extent.
Was the Nomad God's gift to aviation ? .. of course not. Was it a good aircraft ? .. in some roles, yes, in others, no.
Just another aircraft with its supporters and detractors ...