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Old 5th December 2010 | 18:29
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Lissart
 
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Control Column Force

Gentlemen,

Doubtless this might be considered a daft question but being in ATC I just don't know....!

Following the recent poor weather in the UK and Europe, have been discussing de-icing etc. I understand that certain fluids require a greater than normal control column pull force on rotation. This led me to speculate: How hard do you actually have to pull on the column for normal and de-iced ops? Having never flown an airliner I just don't know what it feels like! I suppose one should measure this force in Newtons, no??

Just humour me and don't knock ATCOs with an interest in wider aviation....

Regards,

LISSART
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