| Mad Mike 2006-02-26, 11:31 pm |
| WOW! interesting and a death sentence tragically for those guys!
Mad Mike
"Ian D" <taurus@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Actually a B-52 doesn't have ailerons. It uses spoilers to control
> bank. I think the maximum bank angle is 60 degrees. If you look
> at the video you can see full spoiler deployment on the right wing.
>
> With the severe slip the right wing was probably blanked by the
> fuselage so there was no possibility for recovery. I suppose that
> at 10,000' you could swing it into a full dive with the rudder then
> pull out if the wings don't fold.
>
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