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Old 31st Oct 2018, 14:29
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The air data sensors appear to be just behind the radome and access panels for the radar. There's possibility of contamination or even a "loose" pnematic line depending upon the actual configuration of the air data sensors. One plane I flew had the AoA sensors on the radome, so one birdstrike ruined the day for that puppy, as it was full FBW and needed those things to keep the pointy end forward.

WRT manual flying the beast, it seems that unless you turn off stuff, like the trim and feel system, you still have pitch inputs from "Hal". So I am sticking with a loss of control due to the combo of bad air data and possible mechanical failure involving the stab trim.

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