Originally Posted by
misd-agin
It was three or four.
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Originally Posted by
tdracer
In the aftermath of the A300 vertical tail failure, Boeing evaluated what would happen with similar oscillatory rudder inputs on various Boeing airplanes. The results were not pretty
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Originally Posted by
SMT Member
As for the idea of the skipper stopping it .... with feet on floor, and 3 rapid rudder movements which his sensory system is likely to have overwhelmingly felt rather than seen, I think it would require reaction times far in excess of what is humanly possible.
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Originally Posted by
bubbers44
NTSB has political pressure to blame the pilots, not the manufacturer, so blame goes to the low money people.. That is my opinion.
Based on what evidence? Plus, as I'm sure you know, TWA800 was not put down to pilot action.