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Old 5th March 2010 | 14:26
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XPMorten
 
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Whereas I got: Flight to Ground Law changes with just one gear on ground;
Yaw Induced Roll got them INTO the situation;

"Rudder inputs were in the case at hand of importance because the aircraft manufacturer had determined
during their analysis that the rudder inputs had been too fierce and abrupt."

"The aircraft yawed towards the left, thereby increasing the lift from the right wing and decreasing that
from the left wing. In spite of the co-pilot's right sidestick correction, this resulted in unintended contact
between the downwind main landing gear and the runway."

"After touchdown the aircraft yawed a further 5° to the left."

"It is in the opinion of the aircraft manufacturer, that contact between the left wingtip and runway could
have been avoided if there had been an earlier, coordinated sidestick roll input, combined with less left
rudder deflection"


In other words, Airbus says the pilots created a yaw induced roll by
applying too much rudder and too little aileron BEFORE touchdown
(which will give you a Yaw Induced Roll)

The flightlaw change prevented them from getting OUT of the situation sooner,
but it was not the cause of the incident.

The BETA angle was much higher than it should have been
after touchdown which requires ALOT of rollpower.

XPM

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