Mounting a turn coordinator on the tail?

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:36:47 GMT, Judah wrote:


More importantly, if you put the TC in the tail, how much rudder pressure
would the pilot have to apply in order to turn the tail quickly enough around
to see it?

There's a Tony Hancock radio sketch where he gets ejected from a
plane, lands on the tail, lassoos the controls, and steers it home.


I believe cats and dogs have the ability to achieve the necessary speeds,
almost even to the point that some may catch their tails in their mouths as
they look to focus on their balls. But I don't think airplanes are quite
limber enough for this capability.