Did Rudder Motions

Simple rudder motions on the Airbus A300-600R, the aircraft type in the American Airlines Flight 587 crash, can create forces exceeding ultimate load on the vertical stabilizer and possibly break it off, according to an engineering analysis by Aviation Week&Space Technology. The study was prompted...

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