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Old 01-11-2008, 01:01 AM   #95
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Originally Posted by T@T View Post
I suspect this wasn't a case of normal AP failure, useally when the AP fails it's just stops coordinating it's input path, i think this was a full blown short and it kicked the tail feathers hard.

Could have been worst, if the ailerons got "kicked" the plane would have been upside down before the pilot had a chance to shut it off. That actually happened on a L10-11 cargo a few years back.
That makes more sense ya... and luckily, it wasn't the ailerons... imagine how freaked out the passengers would be flying upside down.. I'd be pretty freaked too.
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