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Old 26th August 2011 | 00:25
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HarryMann
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Oh yes, another thing...

Originally Posted by D.P.Davies
So be gentle with the aeroplane at high altitude . Make control movements slowly and smoothly and recover from divergences in the same manner.
one good reason for this, is the reduced aerodynamic damping at altitude.

whether this is still taught, explicitly, or left to the control laws to sort out today, would be interesting
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