Spring tab

[Micky]

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

Thanks Micky

[Genghis the Engineer]

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

G

[BOAC]

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

[CV880]

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!

[Micky]

Thanks a lot for your help!!!!
Can go and tell my pricible of flight teacher now...
I'll check airliners.net for photos...
Thanks again... Micky

[B1/B2]

Hi,

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm sure the Embraer 145 uses a spring tap on the Elevator.

Regards.

[worzel]

Dash 8 300 has elevator spring tabs.