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Old 10th July 2011 | 14:16
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syseng68k
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Greybeard, #18
The A330 has an apparent up to 300 ft static port correction at low airspeeds. This is not unusual, but at a greater AOA than stall warning, the static pressure is sure to increase to the point the static ports nearly become pitot ports.
Interesting point, The higher static pressure would be translated to a decrease in altitude on the display.

However, if the a/c were stalled, the alt would have been unwinding
pretty fast anyway...
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