TTex....
"Yes, the photos of the stab attachments/saddle remains on top of the aft fuselage were quite frightening."
bub...
"I wouldn't allow my FO to do that and neither would his captain. I think the NTSB has an agenda and they stick with it."
By the time the VS parted, the a/c was sideways, and had lost an engine off the wing. OFF the wing. Perfectly timed Ruddering? Maybe. I have never liked the method of attachment, VS, that is required with long distance vendoring. Add the Resin/Steel mate, and then consider the monster moment of that huge VS in extreme angle with the airstream.
Edit....587 was well under the speed 'limit'
How to acquire such an angle, and Why, in a non acro airframe? Rudder with caution, it says on the PFD. 587 is yet another case in point of utter failure brought on by lack of thinking, and lack of experience engineering/maneuvering.
And again the Investigators focus on the traditional 'culprits'.
Rooting the hoops deeply into the frames is nice, and building up the tabs onto the VS spars is likewise. Use pins that can lift a Battleship, but ignore the torsion? Intuitively obvious, but not Pre 'snap'? And resin burns, aggressively.
Engines too strong, airframes too cheap.....
Edit....587 was well under the speed 'limit'. So was the Rudder...
Edit.... Via the Doze.....
"A stall condition is by its very nature low-speed."
Last edited by Lyman; 20th August 2012 at 19:31.