Originally Posted by
UStik
A full-moving stabilizer (stabilator?) is a mysterious thing for many pilots, at least that is my impression. It must be handled in a different way from conventional elevators.
SPOT ON !!
They operate differently. For sure they must be handled differently. The chances of swapping them on the same airframe and not hurting one or the other is slim, very slim. To have a realistic and valid test, you would expect both to perform to their optimum. Something that's just not going to happen by chance.
This is another issue that is way beyond proving on a model field. And assuredly beyond proving by discussion on the internet.