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Old 6th Jul 2019, 23:18
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Sir Korsky
 
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Originally Posted by Torquetalk
Here’s a simple scenario of how it can go wrong in the 139, even with all the bells and whistles:

Fail to set a altitude (perhaps even have a minus value in...). Take off; establish a safe climb out profile; select ALTA; fail to notice that your safe profile has shifted to a descent... next call “150ft”, assuming you got higher than that; fail to react right promptly. Easy done, esp if you hit the upper modes early.
Hopefully the fly away will kick in. I'm guessing it wasn't a phase 7 ship.
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