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Old 29th Jul 2002, 17:36
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Bally Heck
 
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At the risk of going slightly off thread and also of repeating myself, I quote from the B 767 vol 2

The (runway align) submode operates as follows:

- actuated at 500 feet RA with LAND 3 or LAND 2 annunciated.

- activation not displayed

- A/P system initiates a slip with a maximum bank angle of 2 degrees when the crab angle exceeds 5 degrees

- Wing levelling from the slip is initiated when the ROLLOUT mode is engaged
ROLLOUT mode engages at 5 foot R/A so the aircraft will probably still be wing down at touchdown.

It does not at any time "kick" off the drift, and from the way I read it, a crab angle of much greater than 5 degrees would result from a strong crosswind once tha A/P had adjusted to 2 degrees bank angle. That however would probably happen at crosswinds outside the certificated limit for autoland.
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