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Old 20th Apr 2006, 05:45
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gengis
 
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"With an engine out the airplane flies a lot better with a tiny bit of sideslip and little bit of bank than it does with wings level & ball centered. Dunno why it should be, though"

Thanks Rivet & Singleseat. What i actually meant to put across was that on the 777, this is tendancy to fly wing down is much more pronounced than on other Transport Category twins such as A310 & 737. Perhaps it has got something to do with thrust-weight ratio vs relative size of the rudder too. If one were to compare the wings level engine out behaviour on all three of the said airplanes, one would find that on the 777 you'd need an awful lot more rudder than on the 737 or A310.
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