[extropy-chat] Fear of flying

[kevinfreels.com]

I can see that. What I read was "wings ripped off at the root" which to me
meant that there was no source of lift except for the fuselage which has no
control surfaces.

As for the Airbus, I think there were two different incidents. That jet
without a rudder still leaves the CP behind the CG. It is designed that way.
Of course, it was never designed to be flown without the tail entirely which
happened in a separate incident.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "spike" <spike66 at comcast.net>
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Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 6:58 PM
Subject: RE: [extropy-chat] Fear of flying


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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-
> > bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of kevinfreels.com
> > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 4:54 PM
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> > I somehow doubt that a jet with wings ripped off at the root would be
able
> > manage controlled flight back to base...
>
> Mike do you have a photo of that plane?  It somehow made it
> back with durn near most of one wing gone.  Hell if I know
> how he managed to keep it airborne.  That was a pilot with
> the right stuff.
>
>
> > As for the French plane, those jets
> > barely even need a rudder. It's only function is to assist landing in a
> > crosswind...
>
>
> That plane lost more than the rudder.  It lost the
> vertical stabilizer, which moved the center of pressure
> forward of the GC, which made it unflyable, completely
> uncontrollable.
>
> spike
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