Crash Probe Triggers Rudder Design Scrutiny
In the wake of the American Airlines Flight 587 accident, manufacturers of large transports are scrutinizing the systems that affect pilots' feel of the rudder and limit its travel. Large rudder motions are the primary suspect for why the vertical tail came off the airplane last Nov. 12, but the...
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