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Old 27th Mar 2019, 02:49
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Smythe
 
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The AoA measurement vane with the calibration and usefulness, is not a science but an art. To rely on the AoA measurement, especially on a DEP climb (forget if there is a turn) to be able to determine if the ac is near stall is simply voodoo engineering.

Some enlightened reading would be on the calibration, latency, and overall algorithms created to try to make some use of the readings. The AOA readings must be coupled with airspeed, weight, flaps settings, and winds aloft.

Front landing gear doors open, sideslip, vertical winds, and of course, banked turns...all render the readings useless without an algorithm.

Last algorithm went from 0.5 degrees to 2.5 degrees to make it work....and we see how that went.

Add yet another algorithm that they 'think' might work. (but didnt they already do that?)

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