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Old 3rd Dec 2011, 13:21
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Microburst2002
 
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Thank you, now I start to see how it works

So it is a blend of pitch rate and change of load factor, proportional to stick deflection right?

So it behaves like a conventional airplane. If I push the yoke with a force and keep it at a given position there is a load factor that curves the path down and speed of course increases. My question now is: pitch keeps going down as long as you keep the stick in that position or load factor becomes progresively 1 like in a conventional airplane. In the airbus, if you keep the sidestick deflected the airplane will give a constant load factor until protections activate. You have to release it to neutral to "trim" it.
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