It might also be a mistake to assume that it's flight controls are the
same as a stock P-51. The objective is to make it go very fast. When a
1941 Willys coupe pulls up to the end of the dragstrip you can bet that
more than the engine has changed. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/18/2011 11:32 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>> Not to argue with you, but, as I understand it, this is no
>> ordinary trim tab. This is an anti-servo tab, where the
>> stick movement sets the angle of the tab, and the tab imparts
>> a force to move the elevator. Losing one tab means that the
>> other tab has to do the entire job, and the behavior would be
>> difficult to predict.
>>
>
> That might be, but I'm not familiar with the details of the P-51.
> Could be that there is an additional part of the elevator that relieves the
> stick pressure, much like the static and dynamic balancing on earlier
> aircraft which were sometimes called "elephant ears". Waco used those as did
> Fokker.
>
> I was looking closely at the photos currently on the CBS News webpage,
> and there is more than just a single trim tab missing. The gap along the
> trailing edge of the elevaor has a wide portion and then a narrow portion
> missing.
>
> Trying to find any information on this subject is next to impossible as
> the internet is overwhelmed by news of the accident.
>
> Chris
>
>
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