[AlaskaRC] Crash at Reno Air Races

[Marty Hall]

I don't remember... Is that a flying tab or a trim tab ? If it's a flying tab your probably. If you could get control back, you'd need a lot more altitude than he had.

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On Sep 16, 2011, at 22:56, bob at jetmodeler.com wrote:

> 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
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> 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.
> 
> <images.jpeg>
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