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Old 20th Mar 2007, 10:22
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but I saw quite a bit of rudder movement and that the nosewheel was not quite on the stripe.
If I get the darn thing within 5 yards of the stripe without breaking anything, I'm pleased!

I've been watching several of these videos, and I have to say I can't see much wrong. If you see a telephoto shot taken mostly fore/aft, any rudder movement will look quite exaggerated. There is slightly more rapid rudder movement than I would expect- I would be very surprised if this was a pilot technique. I think there may be a bit of excess yaw damper movement at low speed- this would be corrected during development flying. I would remind you the 777 was known to have similar problems that needed software correction to stop people feeling sick during flight.
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