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Old 7th Nov 2018, 19:45
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Originally Posted by KenV
No. STS is not an auto trim system. Indeed it normally functions opposite to trim. And no it is not designed to "prevent a stall condition."
I do agree on the first part, but even on the NG the second part is simply wrong, as Boeing themselves write in their FCOM that approaching a stall the STS will trim forward to make it harder to get into the stall. It cannot prevent a stall if the pilot really wants to reach that of course, it just makes it a lot harder.

Try to fly it slowly into a stall and don't manually trim, and you will notice the activity of the STS trimming nearly continuously forward in the approach.
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