Originally Posted by
billynospares
The hyd systems (all 3) are fine you have old fashioned flying control cables so you can fly without them ! The CAA dont like no stick shaker and lack of anti icing all the way up the fin as far as i know.
Well, maybe it does have some sort of old fashioned flying cable controls if you say so but the flight controls with no hydraulic power are near impossible to move on the ground. In the air, I would assume even more difficult. In the sim, using the trim tabs seemed to work fairly well.
As a comparison, using manual reversion in the sim on the 727 gives heavier than normal flight controls but more reasonable control forces.
As for anti-ice on the vertical tail, I was under the impression that it covered most of the vertical tail. The CAA was willing to certify the 727 with no anti-ice protection on any of the tail at all.