I cannot help wondering about the wisdom of flying around in 60-70 year old
planes near large crowds of people.
Nathan Wajsman
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On Sep 18, 2011, at 6:36 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> I just read the latest reports from Reno, which now report 9 dead. These
> included a photo of the plane in descent which showed that the left elevator
> was missing its trim tab. From other reading, this seems to be an
> anti-servo tab, which applies a trim force to the elevator, which positions
> the elevator. With this tab gone, the control force necessary to control
> the aircraft would have likely been extremely large.
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 10:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Reno Air Races
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>> 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
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 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
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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