On Nov 27, 10:54*am, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:32:05 -0800, Ian wrote:
On 27 Nov, 06:58, Surfer! wrote:
In message
,
Frank Whiteley writes

An RAF member did this in an ASW-20 and landed safey off airport in a
field using trim and flaps.

How could trim make any difference if the elevator was disconnected?

It works - in theory - if you have a trim tab. I presume that the ASW-20
does not, though.

That's right. An ASW-20 doesn't have trim tabs. However, the flaps do act
as a form of trim, because by changing the effective wing incidence
relative to fuselage datum you're changing the decalage, and hence the
trim.

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martin@ * | Martin Gregorie
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you're right, it was flaps and airbrakes

He got one of those awards for saving an aircraft.

He also didn't presume to try turning but took a field off airport.

Frank