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Old 27th May 2011 | 16:58
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Lonewolf_50
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Whatsalizad: it would appear that the aircraft was stalled for most (if not all) of the descent, so maybe it wasn't a dive. With the THS (as reported) remaining a 13 deg nose up, how do you dive?

Huck:
The airplane’s pitch attitude did not exceed 15 degrees and the engines’ N1’s were close to 100%. The airplane was subject to roll oscillations that sometimes reached 40 degrees.
Is this a symptom of a deep stall?

15 deg nose up and falling at 10,000 fpm strikes me as an extremely uncomfortable, and disorienting feeling. Does Unusual Attitude training cover this case?

(Hmm, from what folks have posted in the other threads, Sims probably don't have the data points for it ... )
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