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Old 27th November 2011 | 18:27
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TTex600
 
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Originally Posted by Lyman
How many times had PF been handed an a/c out of autopilot? As many as he had landings logged, most likely. His stick work is a copy of the two vids grity has posted, perfectly acceptable, when approaching to land.
Those two videos show but one pilots control technique. I bet you a cup of coffee that they could have both kept their hand off of the SS and the end result would have been the same. In other words, the Bus doesn't require that kind of SS input in/on final. The pilot was working too much. Those little corrections he made were not likely necessary because the Bus will stay where you left it, and/or return to where you left it without any input. Once you learn too let it correct itself in roll on approach, you find yourself making very few roll inputs.
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