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Old 19th Apr 2012, 10:27
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wiggy
 
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The video of the Phantom pitching up was taken of an early test hop at the McDonnell factory. They apparently did not have any stabilator control at all and it was stuck full nose up.


Agreed, I'm really not sure what relevance that video has to the thread since it wasn't a case of running out of stabilator authority...

As I heard it the story behind the video is that there was a loss of both powered Flight Contol hydraulic systems ( PC 1 and PC 2) and therefore, as you rightly say, there was no stabilator control at all.
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