Was the 727 roll rate assisted by spoiler's as high as the 747? Any idea of magnitude? 10 degrees per sec? Was there a restriction to this maneuvre or could be applied at will? No slats or flaps I suppose!
Must have been a handy maneuver for traffic avoidance or Intial turn off the airways on emergency descent.I wonder what kind of g loading you impose during the high roll rate and if you encroach the load limits? Was it a recommended Boeing maneuver at all or more of test pilot and wanna be test jockeys?
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Spooky 2
It's been a long time but as I recall the roll rate on the 727 almost doubled with spoilers deployed and one-half deployment was where it was most noticeable. Not sure why deploying the spoilers would be the appropriate recovery maneuver?