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Old 16th Apr 2010, 17:08
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robdean
 
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Would a TU5 or any similar sized a/c (727, 737) remain controlable at landing speed on right aileron and rudder after losing a left wingtip and aileron?
Missing an aileron means all 3 hyd. sys. are opened.
Means NO PRESSURE ---> NO CONTROL, AT ALL!!!
Presumably hydraulic pressure wouldn't go to zero instantaneously even if open circuited. The intended time to landing here was of the order of seconds. Go-around would be inadvisable...

ST27's highlighting of the leading edge slats on the Tupolev is salutory: one wing with inevitable acute lift and control impairment, many metres missing and possibly stalled by the resulting turbulence/config. The other wing maybe relatively intact and in ground effect. I begin to intuit the resulting axis of rotation...

...which still begs the question of whether a heavy jet has ever mislaid an entire aileron en route. I can't believe it's impossible, given that total hydraulic failure has been survived.
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