[AlaskaRC] Crash at Reno Air Races

[bob at jetmodeler.com]

I don't recall if it's a servo tab or a trim tab...or both.

Another photo shows the tail wheel extended just before the crash. The tail wheel was retracted during the race (I saw this in another video), which could mean a number of things...but it is definitely not normal.

Here's the photo.
http://i.imgur.com/QuAnm.jpg
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marty Hall [mailto:mjhall at alaskarcs.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 08:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [AlaskaRC] Crash at Reno Air Races

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

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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