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Old 8th Apr 2019, 14:17
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Originally Posted by bsieker
While the absolute value may be valid (although 75° is probably a bit of a stretch, even AF447 never even reached 50°. but the 25° or so from Lion Air is clearly in an attainable range), some things can also be deduced about the validity by evaluating rate of change, or cross-checking with other values, such as static and total pressures, vertical speed, pitch angle, acceleration, etc., even without cross-checking with the other-side AoA.
MelVic's original remark read to me that accepting 75° raises questions how was the input validation done if at all.
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