Bill Freeman wrote:
 >
 > I'll bet on a rudder actuator disconnect, then rudder flutter.
 > Rudder and fin, gone.  Front seats are now also for
 > passengers.  Fire and engine "restart" noises as the
 > airframe spins in yaw causing compressor stalls with
 > attendant fireballs, and then enough side loads to
 > rip one engine off the wing.
 >
 > Bill Freeman

Hi Bill:

        Are all the actuators co-axial? Main and aux hyd in the same
body with telescoping pistons, etc. - so no separate unit as back-up?

        I really repect flutter - we had a Hawker come in with wing flutter (!)
Turns out the previous shop didn't reinstall the flight control bolt
bushings when
they hung the ailerons, elevator, rudder. We took pictures as we took it apart.
I don't know what happened later.

Hawkers are strong: we had one fly thru hail - ripped off the radome,
peeled back the nose skin some, trashed all the LEs, inlets, and
windscreens. The pilots thought they
were dead - so much turbulence they couldn't reach the ignition switches.

Regards,
James

 
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