> >These articles are indeed very interesting. The more I read, > >the more it does not make sense. Could the tail coming off, > >also cause the engines to fall off? And what about reports > >that fire was seen coming out of an engine. > > Here's one feasible scenario... > > Vertical tail falls off. > Airplane becomes directionally unstable, reaches a very large yaw rate. > Precession (gyroscopic) moments on the turbine engines break the pylons. > Fuel spewing from broken fuel lines ignites.
Unless it was going slowly wouldn't it be fairly stable? I have lost fins on "plank" flying wings and it was only really a problem at low speed. The sweep angles that the big airliners have would help yaw stability surely? Also, They could have used engine power differential to control yaw? or isn't the "throttle" response fast enough of gas turbine engines? Ade RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
