Redundant load path for a tiltable aircraft component

An aircraft, comprising:

• a wing;
• a boom mounted to the wing;
• at least one tiltable aircraft component mounted to the boom, which tilts between a first and second position;
• at least one actuator for adjusting a tilt angle of the at least one tiltable aircraft component;
• and
• at least one passive damper connected to the at least one tiltable-aircraft component and configured to limit a rate of change of the tilt angle of the at least one tiltable aircraft component, and
• wherein the at least one passive damper is on a load path separate from a load path of the at least one actuator.

A method for controlling a tiltable component of an aircraft, comprising:

• receiving a command at a controller to adjust a tilt angle of a tiltable aircraft component between a first and second position;
• controlling at least one actuator to adjust the tilt angle of the tiltable aircraft component;
• and
• wherein at least one passive damper is connected to the tiltable aircraft component and limits a rate of change of the tilt angle of the tiltable aircraft component, and
• wherein the at least one passive damper is connected to the tiltable aircraft component on a first load path and the at least one actuator is connected to the tiltable aircraft component on a second load path separate from the first load path of the at least one passive damper.