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#21
June 7th 04, 06:36 AM
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Bob,on a lot of planes if the trim is floating it could set up a
resonace/flutter and rip off the elevator if you can not slow down right away to about 70 mph.Jim 
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June 7th 04, 06:52 PM
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"Capt.Doug" wrote in message ...
"pacplyer" wrote in message What's with your MD's crooked elevators anyway? Everytime the winds blowing it scares us guys with normal tail feathers. ;-) Ye of little faith.... The elevators float up and down freely and independently of each other. We have no control over that. Direct your attention to the inboard tabs on the elevators for the truth. The tabs are cable operated (the 'dc' in DC-9 stands for 'direct cable'). We can lose all hydraulics and electrical without affecting the primary flight controls. No Sioux City for us! D. Yeah, well on mine the 'dc' stands for 'deathcruiser.' My Skydrol worshipping pilots always keep a little statuette of the god Hydralis in their trowser pocket. Legend has it that this ancient custom has also been linked to hopes of good fertility on layovers (only way to keep the gene-line going since the cargo doors and engines always blow up.) pac
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#23
June 8th 04, 02:55 AM
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 05:27:35 GMT, "Capt.Doug"
wrote: "pacplyer" wrote in message What's with your MD's crooked elevators anyway? Everytime the winds blowing it scares us guys with normal tail feathers. ;-) Ye of little faith.... The elevators float up and down freely and independently of each other. We have no control over that. Direct your attention to the inboard tabs on the elevators for the truth. The tabs are cable operated (the 'dc' in DC-9 stands for 'direct cable'). We can lose all hydraulics and electrical without affecting the primary flight controls. No Sioux City for us! D. The one and only Douglas Commercial-1 prototype put up to TWA to counter Boeing's 247, was not exactly responsive to TWA's spec for a 3-engine plane. But the DC-1 did lead to 20 orders for the DC-2 Brian W
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#24
June 9th 04, 02:48 AM
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"pacplyer" wrote in message Legend has it that this ancient custom has
also been linked to hopes of good fertility on layovers That works for you, but it's not so good for an aircrew with 4 hour gas tanks. The worshippers can find your church too easily and demand some of that donation money. D.
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