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To: Tzfat
Do you have any REAL idea about what a rudder does?

Why, yes.
Aside from keeping the tail from sagging in a turn (thus keeping the ball centered and the turn coordinated), it can turn the nose onto runway heading while the upwind wing is lowered into a cross wind just before touch down.

Caveat - none of my 1,000+ hours (800 in tailwheels) are in B-anythings, but com'on - and airplane's an airplane... and I can't imagine side loads like that on the mains being "textbook".

50 posted on 11/09/2014 4:52:45 PM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: grobdriver

Think what you will, but the pilot on that jet likely has 20 times the flying time that you have, and flies every other day, in every type of weather.


51 posted on 11/09/2014 6:41:03 PM PST by Tzfat
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