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StRaNgEdAyS

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OK.

(You just KNOW I'm gonna ask a stupid question now don't you?:gig:)

One of the things I have come to understand that can be a problem are occilations occuring of the elevator, which can lead to increased Pilot input and overcorrection errors.
Those of us who ride bikes (I mean BIG and/or FAST ones) will be familiar with a similar problem happening on the front end of them.
It usually manifests itself when both hands are taken off the bars, usually between the 30-90kph mark as a head shake. this can be anywhere from mild to wild. The RZ500 had a really bad one, came on just about intstantly, even with taking only one hand off the bars. The point is, they fixed this on most bikes (the RZ was just tooo short) using a small hydraulic dampener.
I was wondering if such a device would help in an aircaft?
 
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