Peter Harding writes:

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Chuck Stewart wrote:

I suspect that once you lose the hydraulics or power to the hydraulic
controllers, it's over.

In a "normal" earthly glider you can pretty much get down safely with
lots of bits missing, except the evevators on the tail. Without those
it's bale-out time. The other bits have a lot to do with *where* one
will land, and less with *how*.

The parallels between the beautiful fibreglass creatures I slope around
the skies in and the shuttle on its astronomical glide are thin of
course, but might be worth something.

Without hydraulics or power to the controllers, you lose the
equivalent of your "elevators on the tail" in the orbiter.

Jeff
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