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Old 31st Mar 2012, 18:34
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From PJ2 Describing SIM, 447 profile, STALL

"The overriding impression of these sessions was how quickly things occurred and how fast was the altitude loss."

If RHS could have been debriefed, would he have stated something similar?

Substituting "GAIN" (altitude) for "Loss?"

DOZY, I refer to SELECT, not MANAGED. I have a further question, but probably for an engineer. What is the damping for a 5k fpm ascent/descent? Is the bellcrank, A/Rod protected from sequential deflections, followed by a withdrawal of input? Are the inputs density compensated? I am sure they are. Having seen the deflections of a preflight Stabilator check on F-16, they are emphatic, to say the least.

Another thought. Could the .5 second cycle .1g amplitude "vibration" have been a stammering elevator select? OR THS stutter? Just a mechanical question, nothing more.
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