There is a lot of discussion on this thread regarding AOA and the efficiency of the THS.
It strikes me that both the main plane and tail plane were deeply stalled and providing significant (vertical) drag, rather than controllable lift.
Given that the drag from the main plane acts near the C of G and the drag from the tail plane acts well aft of the C of G this should have resulted in a nose down couple.
The only thing opposing that nose down couple would be the nose up couple provided by engine thrust.
Am I missing something, or was this aircraft unrecoverable until the throttle was closed?
Last edited by EGMA; 21st Jun 2011 at 02:24.