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Where does that wiki say that the FAA requires the active yaw damper?
by mulmen 5y ago
Where does that wiki say that the FAA requires the active yaw damper?
- WalterBright 5y ago"several airliners were deemed to be unsafe to fly without an active yaw damper."
- mulmen 5y agoThe string "FAA" does not appear in that wiki nor the cited article. The cited article just says that descent to FL260 is required in one model of 727 if one of the yaw dampers fails. The cited article doesn't even seem to support the line in the wiki. I don't see the word "unsafe" anywhere in the cited source and the only "requirement" is the descent to FL260 in case of a failure.
- WalterBright 5y agoAnything deemed unsafe has the FAA involved in it. You might also be interested in fatal crashes resulting from yaw damper failures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_roll#Accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_roll#Accidents
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- VBprogrammer 5y agoAmusingly enough, the 737 is one of those few airframes which are dynamically stable in yaw. The yaw damper is not on the required equipment list. Others like the 757, the failure of one of the two fitted yaw dampers is enough to prevent dispatch.