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Old 9th Sep 2002, 06:31
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Up to Va you should be able to use full rudder in any aircraft, and there should certainly be enough authority.

However, as the Queens A310 crash proved, the inertia of a heavy means that a full reversal of rudder is a bad move. In other words, you'd want approval from both aerodynamics and structures before conducting the test, and clear input rate and deflection maxima.

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