Originally Posted by
Vessbot
Only in a very general manner of speaking. It reacts directly to a blend of G and pitch rate (this blend called C*), which results in a path. And it doesn't hold a pitch, it only zeroes out the rate. So if a big gust moves the pitch (wasn't successfully cancelled), then it stays at the new pitch.
So it would be wrong to say that alternate law is closed loop and direct law is open loop?