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Old 2nd Sep 2011, 18:15
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Hi xcitation,

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Sadly if PF had left the controls alone and sat on his hands it could have been a different story.
If he'd done that - it would have continued to roll right wing down until it was inverted.
They were struggling to keep the wings level in ALT LAW from the outset.
Well maybe you hit the nail on the head. That is about the only thing they all focussed on. Forget speed, stall, attitude, THS and just focus on the roll. Amazing that they had such roll control once they stopped flying and became a falling 200 tonne piece of metal. If anything from all this the airbus is an awesome forgiving airplane at low speed. Would you expect to have control of liner at speed as low as 30kts in chop? If you asked me I would say it tumbles and break up.
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