A320 Rudder Pedal behavior / RTLU
Hi folks,
I'm a little confused as to how the rudder pedals would behave in flight under normal conditions.
Here is what I know: the RTLU will limit the rudder surface deflection based on airspeed. This is reflected on the flight control page on the ECAM.
But what about the rudder pedals themselves? Do they always have full travel authority or is it limited as well?
The FCOM suggests so but I had the opportunity to test 3 different FFS and in 2 sims the rudder travel was limited at high speed whereas in the 3rd sim it wasn't! Airspeed was around 280 kts in each case.
All based on A320 CEO.
I'm very puzzled by this, especially that the sims would behave differently in this very fundamental aspect.
I'm aware that there aren't too many (alive) pilots who can actually testify as to how the real aircraft would behave!
Any thoughts on this? Any a reference would be very welcome!
Many thanks
Mark