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Old 25th Feb 2009, 07:40
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Agreed, I also think it highly implausible the disconnect was due to reaching trim limits.

It is clear though that flying level at 134kt would result in a very nose trimmed up condition. When the a/p disconnected (for whatever reason), if the immediate reaction was to apply full power (without first lowering the nose) then a stall could easily have resulted. Couple the pitch effect of applying power with the sudden short term increase in airspeed when already at such high alpha....
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