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Old 17th Aug 2011, 17:17
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Wonder how an unmanned A320 would have fared landing in a x-wind in Hamburg ?

The fact that the aileron authority is reduced if a main wheel touches down during the whoopsy/ go-around would no doubt have been fed into it's electronic brain. Shame no-one had previously thought to tell the human robots about it.
What other little foibles/glitches are still hidden in there , just waiting for the required circumstances to rear their ugly heads.
My 20 yr old 737 Classics occasionaly throw electronic wobblies that I have never seen in 20 odd years of flying them.
How will Airbii perform when they get a little older ?

Some interesting accident investigation in store in Africa etc in a few years when they end up with their 3rd/4th , no doubt loving/caring /technically superb, owners.
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