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Old 19th Mar 2019, 16:18
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Originally Posted by bsieker

No, not endlessly, and that is a very important distinction. It does it in increments, and only starts a new increment when reset, e. g. by pilot electrical trim input.

This is so important because it is the qualitative difference separating it from "runaway trim".


Bernd
Just because it is not running continuously doesn't mean it is not a runaway. How many times does it need to do something that you have not asked for to qualify?

If the lane keeping function on your car tried to pull you into the ditch 3 or 4 times would you just let it keep on doing that or would you see a pattern and turn it off?

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