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Old 11-21-2009, 08:44 AM
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I just saw this video posted on AOPA forum. Has there ever been any flutter reported for RVs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTFZNrTYp3k
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Old 11-21-2009, 08:58 AM
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At test pilot school my professor used to say that "flutter" is a four letter word. That looked nasty
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Old 11-21-2009, 10:59 AM
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Search the archives for the word "Flutter" or maybe "Buzz", and you'll find lots of previous discussion - and a few stories of it occurring.

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Old 11-21-2009, 11:38 AM
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At United we had a pilot write up that the plane had a "flutter" coming from the tail. You should have seen the engineers scrambling. They were about to disassemble the entire empennage. Turned out to be a spherical bearing attaching the elevator that had failed.
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