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Old 6th June 2018 | 04:22
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wiggy
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Originally Posted by Rocket3837
Greeting all...
A college told me that there is a new pushbutton on the FBW aircraft (on O/H panel) which, when pressed, will downgrade control law from normal to alternate...
Was he correct?
Thanks
Which FBW aircraft, there are a few around?

FWIW the 777 isn’t new and it doesn’t “do”alternate law for flight controls but it has a disconnect switch on the Overhead panel. If operated it disconnects the Primary Flight Computers and puts the FBW system in a basic Direct Mode...

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