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Old 9th Nov 2018, 20:16
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Smott999
 
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China 06

Originally Posted by Vessbot
That's a self-defeating argument. The reason the avionics are handing the plane to the pilot is because they're unable to maintain that control by themselves. If they had enough ability to fly the plane, they wouldn't be handing it to the crew in the first place.
China 6 is a good example of that. AP did it’s best w slowly increasing control surface (rudder IIRC) inputs until it gave up.
Handing over the plane to the pilots in a sharply descending right turn which they did not immediately recover from.




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