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Old 2nd Apr 2012, 15:30
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Gibon2
 
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If it's me in the hot seat, you're all doomed for sure, as I have neither a PPL nor any experience with or interest in playing with flightsims.

But, based entirely on what I have picked up reading PPRuNE, if it was an Airbus A320 or similar, and if I was able to find the thrust levers and put them at idle, and if I then just held the sidestick full back, would the plane not descend relatively gently at just above stall speed? And if it happened to come down at that rate on a flat, open field or on a calm lake or similar, would the impact be certainly fatal? Just wondering...
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