737 Max first flight

Commander Wallace · 02-16-16, 05:49 PM

Awesome first flight of the revised 737.

The Boeing 737 aircraft has had something of a checkered past. The 737 had an issue with it's rudder control servos resulting in crashes of US Air flight 427 and United Airlines flight 585 and the loss of all aboard. These are just a few of the crashes involving the 737 although they are from various causes.

Quote : The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the USAir Flight 427 accident was a loss of control of the airplane resulting from the movement of the rudder surface to its blow down limit. The rudder surface most likely deflected in a direction opposite to that commanded by the pilots as a result of a jam of the main rudder power control unit servo valve secondary slide to the servo valve housing offset from its neutral position and over travel of the primary slide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAir_Flight_427

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_585

http://airlinesafety.com/faq/B-737Rudder.htm

http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/b737.htm
( List of 737 crashes with at least one fatality )

I hope for the safety and well being of the passengers flying aboard this class of aircraft that these issues have been corrected and the corrections fully implemented.

02-16-16, 05:49 PM	#4
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,324 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Awesome first flight of the revised 737. The Boeing 737 aircraft has had something of a checkered past. The 737 had an issue with it's rudder control servos resulting in crashes of US Air flight 427 and United Airlines flight 585 and the loss of all aboard. These are just a few of the crashes involving the 737 although they are from various causes. Quote : The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the USAir Flight 427 accident was a loss of control of the airplane resulting from the movement of the rudder surface to its blow down limit. The rudder surface most likely deflected in a direction opposite to that commanded by the pilots as a result of a jam of the main rudder power control unit servo valve secondary slide to the servo valve housing offset from its neutral position and over travel of the primary slide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAir_Flight_427 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_585 http://airlinesafety.com/faq/B-737Rudder.htm http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/b737.htm ( List of 737 crashes with at least one fatality ) I hope for the safety and well being of the passengers flying aboard this class of aircraft that these issues have been corrected and the corrections fully implemented.