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Old 20th Mar 2007, 00:21
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ok rainboe, I accept your "take it back".

the A380 is a new plane and needs some getting used to by pilots. I don't know which video I saw on TV, but I saw quite a bit of rudder movement and that the nosewheel was not quite on the stripe.

certainly there is a learning curve involved...getting the sight picture and all that.

who knows, maybe the rudder is so tall it is in a different wind world than the wing?

I remind all pilots, that if you takeoff, switch on the autopilot for 8 hours and then approach and turn off the autopilot at 500'...you perhaps have 6 minutes of flying time, while logging 8 hours+.

If I recall, the rudder is the only NON fly by wire thing on the plane...let me know if I am wrong.
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