Also, a couple of other unconfirmed reports that there may have been a lot of bits washing up since May, but not recognised as aircraft parts, or, indeed as anything except rubbish.
John
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Also, a couple of other unconfirmed reports that there may have been a lot of bits washing up since May, but not recognised as aircraft parts, or, indeed as anything except rubbish.
John
A METAL object found washed up on Reunion Island thought to be from the missing plane MH370 has been confirmed as ?a domestic ladder? and is not a plane part, according to a senior official
Simplistically
Ailerons are on the outboard of the wings and each moves up and down, when the left moves up the right goes down to create roll,
Flaps are inboard and only move down to lower the stall speed for take off and landing, by in effect changing the angle of attack of the wing , more lift more drag,
Both Flaps move down in unison
Flaperon use the same control surface as the Flap but only one side moves down a small amount , in synch with the aileron , used for slow speed manoeuvring.
no, it changes the curvature and possible the chord of the wing whivh allows the pilot a greater angle of attack.Quote:
Originally Posted by goingbush
In addition to flaperons, there are also stabilators, elevons and ruddervators.:wasntme:
Any possibility the 777 part fell off something in flight? It does happen!
Did a plane crash?
not sure yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by joel0407
possibly
I suppose it is possible - but very unlikely that the "in flight" would continue more than a few more minutes after such an event, as loss of this surface would result in one wing lifting more than the other, probably beyond the control capability of the remaining wing control surfaces. (So there would be loss of roll control, followed almost certainly by uncommanded manoeuvres which resulted in wing and control surface loading exceeding design figures and subsequent structural failure)Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBlackDog
And such an event would have been headline news round the world, even if the aircraft survived. So it is a reasonable assumption that it has not been lost from another aircraft in flight.
John
Hmmm, the Police didn't knock the Barnacles off before sending it back to France, did they ?
Apparently the Barnacles and whatever else is growing on it can help narrow down where it came from.