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Old 14th Jun 2014, 08:03
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Originally Posted by DozyWanabee
Aye, but let's not forget that the A330 is a much more modern design and its more advanced aerofoil and yaw damper designs make it much more forgiving.
Reading the KC-135 mishap report shows that nothing happened in that Dutch Roll PIO that can't be done with a new A330, any modern or new plane. Dutch roll is the most basic PIO (Pilot induced oscillation). The loss of rudder in flight followed by the total destruction of the plane in three parts and explosion in flight followed by CFIT and fire shows the potentiel danger of any oscillation. The modern data recorder and conversation showed exactly that any modern and new plane cannot resist better to resonance developing very quickly threw the pilot's pedals and feet out of the flight envelop.
(Figure 6 page 11/54, figure 9 page 14/54 , Conclusion of Brigadier General Steven J. Arquiette page 48/54 of the 1534 pages report)

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