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 From: keithspam@kwillshaw.demon.co.uk 
  
 "RVerDon"  wrote in message 
 news:29Gdnc84SO3LoOLcRVn-jQ@comcast.com... 
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 > "Pete"  wrote in message 
 > news:51xfd.7887$KJ6.88@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... 
 >>> But Molin didn't know he was putting more pressure on the tail than 
 >>> it could bear. Why he didn't -- and who's to blame for that -- is the 
 >>> subject of a bitter fight between Airbus and American. 
 >> 
 > It seems to me that any airplane that will lose it's tail simply by using 
 > the rudder pedals is unsafe and shouldn't be allowed to fly. 
 > 
 > Don 
 > 
  
 That would ground almost every aircraft in the world. 
  
 The amount of rudder deflection thats safe at 120 knots 
 will overstress the airframe at 400 knots. Overstressing 
 ANY aircraft is possible, thats why the flight handbook 
 is full of  thou shalt not's 
  
 Keith 
  
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