Just speculating. I wonder if he encountered elevator flutter at high
speed, caused by a last minute paint job and failure to check the balance of
the control surfaces.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Reno Air Races
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>> Today they were showing an image that looked like the trailing edge of
>> the elevator was coming apart. There will probably be more images and
>> videos of it show up. Always a lot of cameras firing away at an event
>> like this.
>>
>
> That would explain the sudden nose-down attitude and the vertical
> descent.
>
> Chris
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