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Old 11th Jan 2022, 02:10
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Somatogravic illusion and baulked landing don't have any direct connection. Human ear will be what it is but the demons only come out when you violate the basic principle of instrument flying and exercise pitch without reference to PFD. The answer to that is definitely not to opt for a tail strike during baulked landing by rotating to 15° but fly only 10° of pitch initially but looking at the attitude indicator and then when climb is confirmed increase further to 15°. Airbus resists any pitch up that's not ordered by the side stick including the thrust weight couple. That's why it only pitches up 10° unlike say B737 which needs push more than pull. There's a tendency to rotate more to avoid second touchdown which can cause tail strike. We tend to forget that gear is the only part of the aircraft designed to take impact load and doesn't need protection but the tail does. So just hold 10° till climbing away then follow normal GA procedure of retracting flap and then gear.
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