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Dangerous aerodynamic flutter. Aircraft starts shaking.

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I had just got back from a two and three quarters of an hour flight from my daughters in Grundisburgh Suffolk. Although they were murky conditions, very hazy, the aircraft performed beautifully. I was rather loaded up so after I landed at my field in Lymington I unloaded and decided it was such a nice day I would take to the air again and fly over my beloved New Forest and along The Solent. What happened next made me think of those films I had seen of aircraft breaking up in flight when flutter is encountered. Flutter is a very dangerous condition where part of the aircraft induces a feedback of control forces which can amplify to the point of destruction. You will see the aircraft shaking in the video and I am being as gentle as I can with my controls to effect a landing as soon as I have a decent approach to my field. It turned out to be a snapped elevator trim tab wire which allowed the tab to float and set up a resonant elevator flutter. I fixed it in half an hour and still managed to get a further hours' uneventful flying in. You've gotta just love this flying don't ya? See the other videos on my channel and your comments are welcome.

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