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Old 8th Jun 2020, 06:56
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Originally Posted by bigduke6
On B-744, the spoiler deployment give a nose pitch up moment. I assume that is also the case with the 777.

So maybe part of the tailstrike protection software, to reduce/cancel any pitch up moment if the tail is too close to the ground?
Interesting, I noticed that on the B747 too
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