Re: RE: WAS splashes now degenerated to Tailplane

[Graham Singleton <grasingleton@avnet.co.uk>]

  Torque tube.

>  Air loads shaking the tailplane against the inertia of the mass balance
>weight would not be felt in the stick, the forces fighting against each
>other on the TP4! Thus, rough engine starting, or anything else that shakes
>the tail up and down quickly and especially rhythmically,  would produce a
>succession of high loads on the pins and be a very likely candidate for the
>cause of our troubles in my view.

And the loads would become hammering loads if there is any looseness.
Graham