And looking at it again...
...it seems as if he's trying to steer the aircraft with just the engines. Wow! Is this actually possible?
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Fr_Jerry_McGwier looked over both shoulders at, Sun 1 May 2011, 12:12,
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Firstly, yes it is.
United 232 managed it, more or less.
Secondly, I think they must have had at least the rudder under control. Turbine engine response times are far too slow to correct those oscillations - the lag between demanding a power setting and achieving it is in the order of seconds.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sun 1 May 2011, 12:31,
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That article...
....is really good. And quite frightening at the same time
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Fr_Jerry_McGwier looked over both shoulders at, Sun 1 May 2011, 13:22,
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