"Keith W"
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"Dave Butler" wrote in message
news:1110897377.464227@sj-nntpcache-5...
Mike wrote:

Isn't it the A310 that also lost a tail and crashed in New York City
a month or 2 after 9/11. IIRC, there is a particular airplane that
the manufacturer says "don't use the rudder too hard" because if you
do, the tail could break off. Imagine if you were test driving a
car and the salesperson said "don't turn too hard or the car will
break in half".

Doesn't your airplane have any structural limitations? Just offhand,
I can think of max gear extension speed and never exceed speed as a
couple of limitations on mine. Unless you have a full authority
fly-by-wire computer limiting what you can do, you can break an
airplane if you maneuver it outside its design limitations.

It was an airbus A-300 that crashed and since that isnt a
FBW aircraft the pilot had full control authority.

Well, even the FBW busses still have their rudders linked to the pedals..

Bertie

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