Horizontal Stabilizer Indicated Airspeed Rudder 
Flying Magazine
JUNE 30, 2025
There are gap seals between the elevator and horizontal stabilizer, and the rudder and vertical stabilizer. The pushrod ailerons are solid and quick, and nicely harmonized with the elevator and rudder. We did power versus true airspeed checks at 7,500 feet on a standard atmosphere and temperature day.
Plane and Pilot
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The breakup started with rudder flutter. Flutter is a dangerous, complex, dynamic aeroelastic phenomenon dependent on true airspeed.
Plane and Pilot
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The breakup started with rudder flutter. Flutter is a dangerous, complex, dynamic aeroelastic phenomenon dependent on true airspeed.
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