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Old 28th Jul 2002, 14:35
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Wino
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Now wsherif1...
Since you have access to the APA website you should KNOW that the .8 G loading was after the tail departed and the airplane was going through the airsideways shedding large parts. The other G loadings that you list are not enough to even require a write up under the new AD against the tail.

If you had been following along you would also know that there is a problem with the rudder load limiter on the A300.

Just in recurrent 2 weeks ago and doing a rudder demonstration at 250kts I knocked the sim off its jacks even knowing what was going to happen I couldn't prevent it. The only way you can use the rudder at all in the A300 once it gets going fast is to push with the opposit foot at the same time. The breakout force is higher than the force required to reach the stop. It is guaranteed to cause a POI.



Belgique...

The A300-605R uses spoilers for Roll. There is no out board aileron on the A300-605 though there is on the A300b4. And no matter what you think, you cannon RAISE a wing with spoilers. Ask the B52 pilot that flew into the ground during the airshow.

The fact that it is impossible to apply coorinated rudder at high speeds on the A300-605 is the problem. The B4 had a ratio type limiter. the 600 series has a very poorly done blocking type system.

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