On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 13:17:54 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
wrote:


Gunner Asch wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/iKlt6rNciTo?rel=0

20 years ago a former mechanic posted (on the BBS network) that, of the B-17
and B-24, one was all electric and one was all hydraulic. Apparently the 17
was the electric one, but did that extend to the control surfaces I wonder?

I believe that the Boeing B-50 was the first bomber that had any power
assisted control surfaces (excepting flaps) and that was a power
assist on the rudder only.

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Cheers,

John B.