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hindsight2020 said:"differential stabilator" == elevons
hindsight2020 said:"differential stabilator" == elevons
I'm contemplating returning my 727 type rating, since I have never heard of such devices on the old Boeing.Lead Sled said:... Boeing 727s have spoilerons.
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Umm, I didn't know THAT either. Does that fall into the category of "alternate vocabulary"? As Donsa320 has already pointed out, your memory on the subject (flap setting?!?!) is a bit hazy. I think your memory of the vocabulary is also suspect. The 727 has ailerons and spoilers. Using them at the same time makes them spoilerons no more than using the lav and the autopilot at the same time makes it a ... ahh, never mind.Lead Sled said:... I don't remember the exact flap setting when the spoilers started working in conjunction with the ailerons. Regardless, when you've got spoilers and ailerons working together - you've got spoilerons.
I knew you knew that.
TonyC said:As Donsa320 has already pointed out, your memory on the subject (flap setting?!?!) is a bit hazy.
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Thanks bafanguy, but I'm only getting what I deserved - I was a little too "aggressive" in my position and I was wrong. Like I said, it's been since April of 1985 since I last had a front row seat in a 727 and a lot of water (and over 10,000 hours of jet time) has passed under that bridge. The 'ol memory ain't what it used to be.bafanguy said:As one old guy standing behind fellow old guy, he said it was 20 years since he has flown the 727. Come back in 20 years and we'll give you an oral on the airplane and see how you do.
av8raaron said:B-52 uses spoilers only. The roll trim just resets the neutral point of the spoilers.