Yes, sound. Of course PNF recognized the STALL click click click STALL...etc. I think in this case, the sound attenuated prior to the cricket clicks. A "Nibble" then.
'Crazy Speed'. I had an open aux window in a 402 at 200+ knots, the sound was impressive. When it slammed shut, it broke, and it was hard to concentrate on the flying.
I think PNF was unimpressed with PF's PITCH control, and I am suspicious that it was due to other than his ordinarily (assumed) quality of manual flight.
So many things do not add up, here. It is easy to allow a prejudice to explain it away....."stirring Mayonnaise". "Twitchy ailerons" "Ham handed" etc. ad nauseum.
I will always assume everything was working as expected, until the proof is shown me. The released data is highly prejudicial, and I am used to it, I write it, and I defend it, and I attack it. It is "Jargon". Those unaware of the domain are excused their naive acceptance of "as written".
The PITCH, dependent "as it was" on PF's "Constant back stick" shows no follow on by the THS, and you cannot explain it. No one has. One second is all it takes for the slab to articulate and trim out the elevator. One cannot stir mayonnaise and have the THS refuse to move, the Bus is not built that way. Neither is the sharp AoA change due only PF's hand. I say that without evidence, how can that be? A frozen THS and an additive elevator input to PF's explains the unknowns perfectly, and these have not been eliminated. Unless and until I see (or hear) conclusive evidence, there is no conclusion.
BEA have concluded "nothing". Funny that? I wish for an open minded discussion, not slander and schoolyard name calling from purported 'heroes' of aviation. But I won't hold my breath.
I appreciate your comments; they are valuable as your name calling is useless.
The THS appears not to have moved from a/p loss to STALL, up or down. One circumstance explains that, and I have seen no evidence favoring or negating that very thing.
Unless........We will find out, won't we?
signal: The THS did not move from -3 degrees until the STALL. Consistent with Overspeed Protection.
signal: Pilots were alarmed at rate of climb. Consistent with automatic increase to Pilot's inputs of UP elevator in Overspeed Protection.
Last edited by Lyman; 19th September 2011 at 22:14.