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Bwia Tristar Rudder Larger Than Normal?  
User currently offlineBWIA330 From Canada, joined Jan 2001, 919 posts, RR: 0
Posted (9 years 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1591 times:

Hey,

I read somewhere that BWIA's Tristar's rudders were larger than the regular Tristar 500 rudders? Is this true? It was said that they needed it to be larger to takeoff from shorter runways. To me, from pictures, they look the same as other -500s.

Regards,

BWIA330

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User currently offlineVoodoo From Niue, joined Mar 2001, 1962 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (9 years 1 week 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1451 times:

The 3 originally ordered by BW had slightly `deeper' rudders. Emphasis on the word `slightly'...it wasn't very obvious.

[Edited 2004-05-12 11:53:18]


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User currently offlineGordonsmall From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2001, 1995 posts, RR: 24
Reply 2, posted (9 years 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1328 times:

BWIA had slightly larger/deeper rudders installed on their aircraft becuase they needed to lower the Vmcg airspeed to enable them to take off from shorter runways at high weights.

This was mainly for the smaller Carribean islands they served with the L1011.

Regards,
Gordon.


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User currently offlineBWIA330 From Canada, joined Jan 2001, 919 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (9 years 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1116 times:

Hey guys,

Thanks. So there was truth to this statement.

Best Regards,

BWIA330
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