Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site druxv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!drutx!druxv!mlf From: mlf@druxv.UUCP (Fontenot) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Control surface failure Message-ID: <1372@druxv.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 14:46:13 EST Article-I.D.: druxv.1372 Posted: Wed Nov 28 14:46:13 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 04:44:15 EST References: <348@ihu1e.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 5 I've read of a few cases where gliders have been towed off with the elevator disconnected (and since most gliders just have an adjustable spring for trim, there was no trim available either). On several occasions the glider was landed safely by using the flaps for pitch control.