Timeline for How do "fundamentally unstable" aircraft deal with the risk of computer failure?
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| Mar 18, 2021 at 23:53 | comment | added | Zeus | @Robert, yes, this happens, but rather as an exception. Watch how a test pilot lands an unstable MiG-AT with a failed control system and damaged tail. | |
| Mar 18, 2021 at 16:12 | comment | added | FreeMan | It also, effectively, repeats the 2 points made in the original question, therefore doesn't really provide an answer. | |
| Mar 18, 2021 at 13:36 | comment | added | Robert DiGiovanni | This is not a bad answer, and in fact would be the decision process the pilot must make. "Unstable" planes can be made more stable by: 1. reducing speed, to where it is more stable (transsonic to subsonic). 2. adding drag to the tail with speedbrakes, flaps, rear gear, or even a parachute. | |
| Mar 18, 2021 at 7:17 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Mar 18, 2021 at 7:05 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 18, 2021 at 7:00 | history | answered | jocasta17 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |