Originally Posted by Lyman
One can fly without a Rudder, but not without it's Fin. A shame the Rudder hinges are stronger than the VStab saddles.
Yes, the photos of the stab attachments/saddle remains on top of the aft fuselage were quite frightening.
I forget which thread it was on, but Dozy stated something about using rudder for roll in stall recovery. The vertical stab-less Bus out of JFK is always on my mind when I have my feet on the pedals of a Bus.....on top of being trained to leave them alone for other reasons.