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Old 20th October 2010 | 01:57
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Machinbird
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SKS777FLYER,
What would be the harm, say one clock style guage with diamond pointers superimposed one over the other for each AOA sensor.
I see you have flown with AOA before. If the crew had such a gage in their panel, the accident wouldn't have happened despite the Flight Control System locking out the one good sensor. A normal scan of the panel would have showed the problem with the AOA sensors before they had slowed significantly.

The procedure from the A-4 is basically a stick and throttle procedure. It is there to keep things from going out of control until you can figure out what is happening and execute corrective measures. It is somewhat relevant because the A-4, just like virtually every subsonic jet airliner, has a trimable horizontal stabilizer which can overpower the conventional boosted elevator.

Only one problem. The procedure is counter-intuitive.

Natural inclination for a surprise pitchup during acceleration is max power and raise the gear to maintain energy. What is needed is to slow the aircraft back down quickly below the speed where it begins to pitch up. In an aircraft with Airbus style protections, it is probably difficult to get enough wing down to help prevent the nose from climbing.

Could the accident pilot have used this information to successfully save the day? Probably so, if he had trained for it. If he had not trained for it-probably not. It is really very counter-intuitive. Particularly if you have just scared yourself by stalling your aircraft.
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