First off...the American Airlines A300: crash could have been avoided in three ways.
1. Stronger Rudder
2. Rudder Limiter
3. Placcard onInstrument Panel: DO NOT USE FULL RUDDER above 200 knots (sic)
It would not have happened on a Douglas with a rudder limiter for example.
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Sully and his splash. A few things could have helped sully flare more...lack of alpha protection would be one.
If the engines had not had limiters/computer control would they have run long enough for a landing on airport .
If the engines had been mounted on the tail like an MD80, would both have been hit ?
If the engines were pratt and whitney JT8d's, would they have kept running?
and my favorite...if sully/skiles had banked the airplane even 20 degrees would one engine have been above the birds, one below?
some speculation, some educated guess...oh and if sully had turned immediately for runway 13 at LGA...he might have made it...some sim experiments indicate this.
now...clandestino...why no limiter/placcard on the 300? I've seen placcards like that on the sabreliner, and limiters on many jets.