warrior1
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Mon Sep-19-11 05:55 PM
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This photo of the P-51 Mustang could show the pilot. |
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Edited on Mon Sep-19-11 05:56 PM by warrior1
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/16/3916653/horrific-reno-air-show-crash.htmlI'm not quite sure. Need another set of eyes. He looks to be forward in this photo, if that's his head. It's the 11th photo.
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Xipe Totec
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:00 PM
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He seems to be slumped forward.
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:14 PM
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5. A trim tab failure like that would almost certainly cause an 11 G maneuver. |
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The pilot would be unconscious. A human being has a hard enough time taking eight or nine Gs. Plus he would be pushed as far down into the cockpit as he could go, from the G force. Imagine how squashed you'd be if you had ten times your normal weight pushing you down.
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:01 PM
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2. It looks like a helmet in a forward position to me too. |
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:01 PM
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3. Here's the best I could do on the shot I think you're talking about.. |
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:24 PM
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6. Yes, the left trim tab is clearly missing from the horizontal stabilizer. |
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(I can't find it, but I have seen another photo showing the tab partially detached.) This may have been several things, but it was NOT pilot error.
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:46 PM
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8. Would the trim tab be the root cause? |
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I know the function of the trim tab is to reduce constant pilot inputs/corrections on the stick, but would complete failure of the trim tab lead to catastrophic and unrecoverable loss of control? It's not a direct primary control surface per se. I also heard the engine was making a gurgling noise moments before the impact...I wonder if there were other failures that created G-force stresses on the stabilizer that destroyed the trim tab in the air?
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Mon Sep-19-11 08:23 PM
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9. Some trim tabs do a lot more than just lower control forces required. |
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:07 PM
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4. Yup sees that way to me as well |
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:36 PM
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7. yup that's the picture |
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and thanks.
I don't see how he was able if he was unconscious to avoid the people like they said he did. I also read that there wasn't a mayday called.
So, something went wrong with the plane he became unconscious and the plane crashed. Still I suppose he could have had a medical issue. So sad all of this.
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