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Old 26th February 2009 | 06:27
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TyroPicard
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It seems to me that in the last few seconds that the 2 elevators (green* line on p. 34) reversed to what the stick input (blue) was.
The Pitch Law is Alternate, with load factor protection. The sidestick demands load factor - neutral =1g, the pilot was demanding maximum positive g with full back stick. The limit is 2g with flap, 2.5 g clean, provided the wing can produce that load factor.

It appears that with the a/c out of trim, full nose-up, the elevators were working to reduce/control the load factor. But without the Load Factor readout we don't really know. And the THS position readout requires physical confirmation.

The pitch rate at the end was about 5°/sec - can anyone convert that to "g"?
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