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Old 14th Jan 2013, 19:08
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Typhoon650
 
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I thought the problem with the Alaska airlines aircraft was that the jackscrew assembly failed and due to either inadequate or non existent limit stops, the horizontal tail went well past limits, and well past what the elevators could overcome. I suspect the horizontal tail would've been stalled if it had full elevator one way and full trim the other.
Hardly bad piloting.
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