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11th April 2005 | 15:00

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Micky

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Spring tab

Hello everybody...
Any Idea which a/c uses a spring tab for elavator or airleron control???
Just curios...

Thanks Micky

11th April 2005 | 15:52

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Genghis the Engineer

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I think that the old Bristol Freighter (a monumentally ugly British heavy transport from the 1940s) did for aileron control.

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11th April 2005 | 17:16

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BOAC

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If you 'Google' you will see the OV10, F27 and an airship for starters

12th April 2005 | 02:49

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CV880

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My old text book "Mechanics of Flight" has a picture of a Bristol Freighter tail and declares the lower rudder tab is a spring tab.
The Lockheed Electra (L188) also had a variation of a spring tab on each elevator.
Genghis, when the RNZAF retired the last Bristol Freighter the pilot declared, after the last landing, it was like flying a low rise block of flats from the upstairs toilet however I never knew a block of flats to vibrate as much as the old Bristol Vibrator!