PickyPerkins
Your article has to be one of the most informative rudder discussions that I've seen so far. All the years that I spend flying both Boeing and Airbus aircraft and no one ever told me that a rudder could actually separate from an aircraft. Maybe the industry didn’t know or didn’t think that it could happen.
A few years back, I did attend, an Airbus equipment meeting with Airbus test pilots and was surprised how their opinions differed on the interpretation of some of the FMGS information presented on the Airbus aircraft.
It seems that we have a lot more to learn about how airplanes fly...
Cheers .
