resulted in rudder movement opposite of the pilot's commands
Did the rudder actually move in opposition to the commands, or was it stuck at some limit value?
i.e. in that situation, if you command the rudder to go left, does it move even more in the wrong direction? Or is it simply frozen at whatever position it happened to get stuck in?
I'm not sure. I'm not a pilot and only have memory of this from prior reading. As I look at it now it reads more like it was uncommanded movement to the limit of travel and getting stuck there. I've also heard this problem referred to as the "rudder hard-over" problem. But there are also statements about rudder movement opposite of that commanded.
In theory the problem was recoverable but the pilots had about 10 seconds to realize what was going on and react appropriately. Sounds familiar to the 737-MAX uncommanded trim issues.
Did the rudder actually move in opposition to the commands, or was it stuck at some limit value?
i.e. in that situation, if you command the rudder to go left, does it move even more in the wrong direction? Or is it simply frozen at whatever position it happened to get stuck in?
Thanks for the info!