[AlaskaRC] Crash at Reno Air Races

[bob at jetmodeler.com]

This is a close up of the tail of the P-51 as it approached the high end of its arc during the crash sequence.

http://media.graytvinc.com/images/plane+enlarged.jpg

At the speed he was traveling, there is no way that the pilot could overcome the adverse elevator forces involved with the loss of the trim tab.


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