> > You CAN help. Can you start by describing the flight condition that > > leads to the yaw oscillation? I'll need to reproduce this same flight > > condition so I can see what's happening first. > > I'm speaking from near-ignorance because I have zero experience with > transport jets, but don't they often have a lot of yaw oscillation? I > thought that was why the yaw-damper was always on, even when the pilot > was hand-flying. Once on the radio, I did hear a big jet (don't > remember the type) declare an emergency and return to the airport > because it lost its yaw damper.
All of the ones I'm familiar with need a yaw damper, but they'll fly "adequately" without one. If the yaw damper quits enroute you can continue as long as you avoid certain flight regimes as specified in the flight manual. Of course there may be exceptions. It usually more of a problem at high altitude, which makes me wonder if that big jet's main problem was that it didn't have enough fuel to get to it's destination at the restricted altitude, so they called the flight off and declared the emergency for a very overweight landing. But that's just a wild guess :) Dave -- **************************** David Culp [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************** _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
