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Old 23rd May 2011, 17:12
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The problem with generating a viable flight simulator run is that there is no reliable data for the bulk of the AF447 AOA ranges that it appears to have utilized on its way down. Some fairly good data may be obtained regarding this area of the "envelope" from the data record, but it is unlikely that Airbus has anything more than basic wind tunnel data for the A330 at high AOA. I doubt that dependable pitching moment curves exist currently in the deep stall AOA ranges.

Depending on what the AF447 crew did with the controls, we may learn more about that area of the envelope in the next few months than was ever known about it in the operational history of the aircraft. Being a pioneer can be painful.
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