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Originally Posted by enzino
A captain told me that in Conf 3 for the same amount of sidestick deflection the pilot commands more roll rate than in Conf Full. This is not written in our FCOM, but investigators found out about this characteristic during an incident investigation. I assumed it was the Lufthansa wing strike in Hamburg some years ago but I can't find incident report.

I've been researching about this since yesterday evening without success. I would appreciate some references.
Hi,

Your captain must be a Pprune reader ;-)

It has been discussed over the last few years over the event of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines A320 in 1994. You can find the full report here.
The link was posted and explained by vilas a few years ago.



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