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From: scott@opus.UUCP (Scott Wiesner)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Control surface failure
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 15:22:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  4 15:22:13 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'm not sure I'd agree with this completely.  I have seen models fly that
have no elevator, and rely on throttle for control of altitude.  

I suspect the big problem in the origonal article is that if you have a 
failure, it's fairly unlikely that your control surface will "weathervane"
into the wind and stay stable.  As Al Irwin pointed out in his posting about
the J-3 crash he witnessed, flutter will probably take over, putting you and
your plane on the ground fairly quickly.
-- 

Scott Wiesner
{allegra, ucbvax, cornell}!nbires!scott