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From: dimeo@lymph.DEC
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Control surface failure
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Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 11:48:18 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 30 11:48:18 1984
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  The worst failure would be the elevator. I have experienced aileron
failure on my R/C models and ( if I figured out what was happening before
it augered in) you can control it with prudent use of the rudder and
LOOOOOOONG turns. I have seldome been able to recover from elevator 
failure but then the trim is the same as the elevator control in a model.
The rudder failure is the least problem. In models we seldome use the
rudder in normal flight and only in the Quarter Scale stuff does it actually
become noticeable.