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Old 26th August 2011 | 18:59
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Originally Posted by pax2908
Was it not considered proper behaviour, some time ago, for a/c to "naturally" pitch nose-down when stalled? And when this was not the case, then a "stick pusher" had to be fitted?
I'm quite confident this aircraft would have dropped the Nose upon stall if this hadn't been so vigorously countered by the massive NU inputs and subsequent THS following.
If you trim your Cessna full NU and Pull the yoke all the way back you will not see much Nose drop either. Do that in a swept wing and you're lucky if you don't go into a flat spin directly.
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