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Old 28th November 2011 | 04:16
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Machinbird
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Originally Posted by Lyman
The PF inherited an airframe in phugoid oscillation.
Lyman, not really possible in an Airbus in Normal or either of the A330 Alternate Laws. The flight control system, by managing g, sets a stable flight path on the average.

A phugoid oscillation is a relatively slow oscillation at ~constant AOA, where potential and kinetic energy trade back and forth, but that isn't the way the 'Bus flight control system works.
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