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Old 15th Apr 2019, 10:11
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Originally Posted by deltafox44
It shows it has been working on several instances. It does NOT show whether it has failed on other instances, due to stick shaker or anything else, which could explain why they did not use it to trim back to normal...
It is a possibility. However on the last occasion before selecting cutout the trim switch was operating for 10 seconds continuously whilst the stick shaker was activated so I don't think it likely that the stick shaker can actually break the contact. We also have the Lion Air data and it doesn't speak to me of an issue with the stick shaker interfering with the operation of the electric trim switch.
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