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Old 6th Jul 2011, 17:49
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MurphyWasRight
 
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Dropped cats and water glasses

Try to think about they "why" of the mostly NU inputs during the deep stall ride down I realized I do not have a real "feel" for what the PF was sensing as opposed to seeing on his displays.

So the question to those who know how to calculate such things are:

A: What was the force vector through the PF's seat during the descent given the pitch and other forces?

Aka what would the water in a glass do, we all know where the cat would go (firmly atached to nearest scalp by all available claws).

B:How does this compare to the "real" forces experienced during simulator sessions where due to movement limits some forces (such as acceleration) are simulated by brief movements followed by pitch?

Looking for why the extreme pitch up being indicated may have been disregarded by the PF.
(PF's remark at 02:12:02: "I don't have any more indications" ?)

Could he have been (against training of course) be fooled into thinking the plane was in level flight.

Aplogies in advance if I have missed this I have read most of the posts as they arrive but could have missed some, please provide a link if this has been analyzed before.
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