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Old 9th Nov 2018, 19:47
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Smott999
 
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Originally Posted by rideforever
Correct me if I am wrong, but the pilot should "know" the manual flight is not fully activated until you pull the cutouts for the stabilisers.
And so when reverting to manual that includes switching off the stabilisers (and whatever else).
As for holding the stabiliser wheel by hand, you should practice that, and during peacetime, so you are fully confident.

Auroperu 603 : pilots had restored control earlier on ... but then they tried to reengaged the AP ... why ?
Because they were trying to "fix" the problems in the air, rather than landing the plane.
Same thing with Lion Air, they wanted to fix their technical problems whilst in the air with passengers on board.

Thinking off the cuff :
If you hang a necklace around the sunvisors, that gives you a plumb line.
And if you throttle the engines independently can give you a sense of whether they are functioning properly and trust the throttle indicators.
Altitude : there seems to a radio altitude in some aircraft; ATC altitude might actually be originating from your own system's telemetry have to be sure if it is independent
Pilots May have thought STS was automatically disabled due to their increased speed. If what has been posted here is correct, prior versions had various activation triggers amongst which was low speed. Not higher speed, which they had invoked.
The MAX (it seems) is now adding AoA Disagree as a trigger. Did pilots know this ?

Is it Possible the pilots thought, given their increased speed, HAL would not mess w their stabilizer?

Yet another reason why what was actually happening was not something they imagined?

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