Originally Posted by
fizz57
@RetiredF4
You might care to read the orange bits in the report a little less selectively:
" Until the airplane was outside its flight envelope, the airplane's longitudinal movements were consistent with the position of the flight control surfaces"
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Whoa. two different things:
1. control surfaces followed pilot control input. Always (as RetiredF4 said)
- control systems not at fault
2. plane follows control surface input.
until flight envelope exceeded.
- plane behaved aerodynamically (and ergo probably didn't lose any bits)
... until outside envelope, where you are into test-pilot territory or even beyond.