On Sunday, September 16, 2007, at 12:57 AM, JonSmith wrote:
> Yesterday, as a result of this topic, when I was at my plane I
> deliberately "accidently" rigged the tailplanes with a pin disengaged,
> to see what happens to the tab and T-bar. I started with the pin
> resting on top of the T-bar. On mine the pin sits naturally on top of
> the bar towards the rear of it. On moving the elevator control the
> pin can very easily drop to beneath the bar and does so readily.
> BUT, what I did notice was that with the pin below the T-bar, when I
> moved the stick fully back the pin was able to drop a bit lower and
> lodge on top of that funny fuselage joggle/ moulding that sticks out
> from the fuselage vertically parallel to the T-bar slot, very
> effectively jamming the elevator almost fully up.[/b:57be851a4b]
> On mine it did it every time I tried it and was impossible to free
> from the cockpit.
Jon...thanks for taking the time to check this out (safely on the
ground). Coupled with Jos's hypothesis and the radar tracking data he
referenced in his posts of Sept. 11 and Sept. 14, this is beginning to
sound like a plausible scenario. I hope someone is forwarding it to the
AAIB.
Fred
A194
--
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.
|