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A couple of videos of a Tu-154 "apparently suffering serious in-flight
oscillations". I reckon the aircraft was drunk. http://tinyurl.com/6zhpmke Or, if you don't trust me, go for the full URL: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles.../video-tu-154- struggles-against-in-flight-oscillation.html |
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On Mon, 2 May 2011 22:04:36 +0100, Netko
wrote: A couple of videos of a Tu-154 "apparently suffering serious in-flight oscillations". I reckon the aircraft was drunk. http://tinyurl.com/6zhpmke Or, if you don't trust me, go for the full URL: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles.../video-tu-154- struggles-against-in-flight-oscillation.html Looks like what we used to call a snaking/dutch roll. IIRC the B707 suffered from this problem in it's early flight testing. Regards Stephen |
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Stephen James wrote: On Mon, 2 May 2011 22:04:36 +0100, Netko wrote: A couple of videos of a Tu-154 "apparently suffering serious in-flight oscillations". I reckon the aircraft was drunk. http://tinyurl.com/6zhpmke Or, if you don't trust me, go for the full URL: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles.../video-tu-154- struggles-against-in-flight-oscillation.html Looks like what we used to call a snaking/dutch roll. IIRC the B707 suffered from this problem in it's early flight testing. Regards Stephen Failed yaw damper? That is a BAD case of Dutch roll! |
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![]() "Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message news ![]() In article , Stephen James wrote: On Mon, 2 May 2011 22:04:36 +0100, Netko wrote: A couple of videos of a Tu-154 "apparently suffering serious in-flight oscillations". I reckon the aircraft was drunk. http://tinyurl.com/6zhpmke Or, if you don't trust me, go for the full URL: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles.../video-tu-154- struggles-against-in-flight-oscillation.html Looks like what we used to call a snaking/dutch roll. IIRC the B707 suffered from this problem in it's early flight testing. Regards Stephen Failed yaw damper? That is a BAD case of Dutch roll! I did some Googling and found one comment that said the aircraft flight controls failed after takeoff and that the only means of control was the engine power settings. Cheers, Indrek Aavisto -- Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult W.S. Churchill |
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