NTSB Warns On Rudder Travel Limiter Effectiveness
Rudder travel limiters on transport-category airplanes -- designed to control the amount of available rudder movement at higher airspeeds -- may not be effective when airspeed changes rapidly, such as during an-flight upset, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has concluded. As a result...
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