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Old 6th Apr 2019, 08:38
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Originally Posted by Albino
It's an interesting point whether the stab readout is taken from what is commanded or the position of the jack. Considering the AND command is registered without stab movement I suspect it is demand, it's how the narrative reads as well.
No, the chart clearly shows the pitch trim "command" and then the line below is the actual trim position. It even says "automatic trim command with no change in pitch trim".

Originally Posted by Geroge Glass
I’ll predict that one of major findings in both of these accidents is that everybody forgot just to fly the aircraft.
And I'll predict that I and I'm sure many others will say "they were never trained to fly the aircraft". You can't forget what you didn't know.
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