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That time a faulty pitch servo tried to kill me over Tennessee
I was about 15 miles west of Nashville in a 172 doing an autopilot check. On approach to runway 31, the pitch servo jammed nose-down and the trim wheel started spinning on its own. I had to grab the yoke with both hands while reaching for the autopilot disconnect breaker with my knee. It took about 6 seconds of fighting it before I got the breaker pulled and the nose came back up. Has anyone else seen a KAP-140 servo lock up like that without throwing a failure flag first?
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the_seth1mo ago
At least the trim wheel saved you a workout on the yoke.
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felix_jones1mo ago
Funny you mention that @the_seth, it's kind of like how people try to automate every little thing these days instead of just putting in the work. Sometimes the manual way is the whole point.
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