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Old 8th Apr 2021, 13:08
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The description at #1 re the 737, is ‘Crossover Speed’ - not AoA. This is the speed at which full opposite roll-control cannot maintain wings level flight with full rudder application due to failure.
A quick search for ‘A320 crossover speed’ did not find anything of help.

Because crossover speed is not a certification requirement it is unlikely that there have been specific tests. Although some manufacturers / authorities will investigate the situation as a qualitative assessment of aerodynamic response and control effectiveness.
The 737 issues involved accident investigation after rudder failure (The 737 Rudder Story)

With much higher integrity control systems in modern aircraft it is unlikely that a failure situation will be encountered. However, there may be unlikely situations where the yaw input is generated by means; e.g. the un-noticed combination of having one engine at high thrust and the other at low thrust or failed, and the crew not using rudder.
A remote situation, and more interesting scenario as above, but with the AP engaged which reduces the available roll control.
Lateral control limiting with sideslip

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