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Lake Amphibian tailfeathers....
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:27 pm
by 6597
For the coffee table discussion, saw this today in front of my hangar, guessing the split elevator has something to do with p-factor? Thought I'd post for the curious....
Re: Lake Amphibian tailfeathers....
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:24 pm
by 2066
Interesting(!) for sure...had never noticed one, but you may be correct on the reason. Landing and taking off an airplane in/from the water does require some unique design & "rigging". Someone around here will know what that Lake "design" is for. I was flying today in what was forecast as "light & variable winds" and a couple of times the 140
felt like the elevator was "split"
.
Mac