Orval Fairbairn
July 26th 12, 03:21 AM
In article >,
;oD > wrote:
> Jess Lurkin avait écrit le 15/07/2012 :
>
> > This ~is~ a C130, yes?
> >
> > I had never noticed this before on a 130. Maybe
> > it was just an odd angle or something.
> >
> > It looks dorked up a bit.
> >
> > Maybe that's what ~he's~ shooting?
> >
>
> Hi Jess,
> This is the left elevator, pictured from the rear. Hercules' elevators
> have a "horn" at their end.
> Look at drawing:
> http://tig.ludost.net/pics/airdisk/USA/C130/Plans/C-130_19.JPG
> item #115.
> Or at picture: http://motomom.tripod.com/rudder_elevator.jpg
>
> ;oD
> aka Olivier
That horn is a mass balance weight. Without it, the plane could be in a
heap o' hurt, due to flutter.
;oD > wrote:
> Jess Lurkin avait écrit le 15/07/2012 :
>
> > This ~is~ a C130, yes?
> >
> > I had never noticed this before on a 130. Maybe
> > it was just an odd angle or something.
> >
> > It looks dorked up a bit.
> >
> > Maybe that's what ~he's~ shooting?
> >
>
> Hi Jess,
> This is the left elevator, pictured from the rear. Hercules' elevators
> have a "horn" at their end.
> Look at drawing:
> http://tig.ludost.net/pics/airdisk/USA/C130/Plans/C-130_19.JPG
> item #115.
> Or at picture: http://motomom.tripod.com/rudder_elevator.jpg
>
> ;oD
> aka Olivier
That horn is a mass balance weight. Without it, the plane could be in a
heap o' hurt, due to flutter.