Thread: MD80 / DC9 tail
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Old 08-26-2008 | 05:47 PM
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The elevator is a floating elevator. The aircraft is flown by tabs which in turn move the elevator. During takeoff once there is enough airflow the tabs become effective and can move the elevators. The two sides are not interconnected except through a torque tube between the control yokes. That is why when they taxi you will often see one side up and the other down, depends on the direction of the wind.
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