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Old 9th Jul 2011, 02:38
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bearfoil;
When THS stalls, aren't elevators just spoilers in costume?
The colloquial expression would be, "In drag!"

However, treating their action as more like that of the rudder is probably the best way of looking at it. The effect would be small to start with and increase rapidly as the THS also started its ND journey.
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