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![]() "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... | jeremy wrote in | : | | Stefan wrote: | | An airline pilot who happens to also be a pretty good sailplane pilot | told me that it would have been much easier and equally efficient to | just do S turns to adjust the glide path. This would also have | avoided possible problems driving the air driven generator. The pilot | who who did a glider landing with anairbus on the Azores in 2001 used | that technique. | | | Probably the easiest alternative to trying to haul the thing around | the sky with degraded controls. | | the controls aren't degraded at all. Not a lot on the way of spoilers, but | the flight controls work almost exactly the same on the RAT as they do | normally. | | | Bertie dumb ass |
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"Mick" #$$#@%%%.^^^ wrote in :
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... | jeremy wrote in | : | | Stefan wrote: | | An airline pilot who happens to also be a pretty good sailplane | pilot told me that it would have been much easier and equally | efficient to just do S turns to adjust the glide path. This would | also have avoided possible problems driving the air driven | generator. The pilot who who did a glider landing with anairbus on | the Azores in 2001 used that technique. | | | Probably the easiest alternative to trying to haul the thing around | the sky with degraded controls. | | the controls aren't degraded at all. Not a lot on the way of | spoilers, but the flight controls work almost exactly the same on the | RAT as they do normally. | | | Bertie dumb ass Awwwwwww, You're just a big meeeeennnneeeeee! Bertie |
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![]() "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message .. . | "Mick" #$$#@%%%.^^^ wrote in : | | | "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message | ... | | jeremy wrote in | | : | | | | Stefan wrote: | | | | An airline pilot who happens to also be a pretty good sailplane | | pilot told me that it would have been much easier and equally | | efficient to just do S turns to adjust the glide path. This would | | also have avoided possible problems driving the air driven | | generator. The pilot who who did a glider landing with anairbus on | | the Azores in 2001 used that technique. | | | | | | Probably the easiest alternative to trying to haul the thing around | | the sky with degraded controls. | | | | the controls aren't degraded at all. Not a lot on the way of | | spoilers, but the flight controls work almost exactly the same on the | | RAT as they do normally. | | | | | | Bertie | | dumb ass | | | | | Awwwwwww, | | | You're just a big meeeeennnneeeeee! | | | | | Bertie |
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