<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>One thing I just read on the KOLO TV web site said he was trying to avoid the stands. The death toll seems to have come to 3 which good. Shame it wasn't 'none'.<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Sep 17, 2011, at 8:36, <a href="mailto:bob@jetmodeler.com">bob@jetmodeler.com</a> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I don't recall if it's a servo tab or a trim tab...or both.<br><br>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 The tail wheel was retracted during the race (I saw this in another video), which could mean a number of things...but it is definitely not normal.<br><br>Here's the photo.<br><a href="http://i.imgur.com/QuAnm.jpg">http://i.imgur.com/QuAnm.jpg</a><br>.<br><div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Verdana"></font> </div>
<blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> Marty Hall [mailto:mjhall@alaskarcs.com]<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 17, 2011 08:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'ARCS mailing list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AlaskaRC] Crash at Reno Air Races<br><br></font><table id="201179" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" height="400" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="100%"><div>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.<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Sep 16, 2011, at 22:56, <a href="mailto:bob@jetmodeler.com" mce_href="mailto:bob@jetmodeler.com" target="_blank">bob@jetmodeler.com</a> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>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.<br><br><a href="http://media.graytvinc.com/images/plane+enlarged.jpg" mce_href="http://media.graytvinc.com/images/plane+enlarged.jpg" target="_blank">http://media.graytvinc.com/images/plane+enlarged.jpg</a><br><br>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.<br><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><table id="201179" border="0" height="400" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="100%"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote>
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