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Old 27th Jan 2019, 03:53
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Originally Posted by reverserunlocked
Interestingly the wing fold occurs automatically on the landing roll out below 50kts, with the idea being that by the time you vacate they have folded. Smart idea.
When airbus designed the stall warning to cut out at 60kts, I'm sure they had the idea that you'd be firmly on the ground at 60kts.

Obviously Boeing and Airbus have some very clever and very talented people working for them, but I'm not particularly excited about an automatic fold feature.
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