@gums, #803 thread 8
Shame to me ! for mismatching the Viper limitations ! Sure it is
hard-limited and very well protected inside its enveloppe in normal law.
Originally Posted by gums #772
On one of our engine failures, the guy ejected and the jet got to the AoA limit and slowly descended until it hit the ground. St and level, as no sidestick roll command and HAL kept roll rate at zero.
One jet actually landed by itself and only suffered a broken main gear. The guilty pilot ( ran outta gas and tried for a deadstick landing until about 300 feet) looked back after landing in the chute and the jet was there with the strobe flashing and the EPU still pumping out poisonous gas, heh heh. They used the jet for maintenance training afterwards.
Connection with AF447 :
Originally Posted by gums #772
The 'bus system doesn't work the way ours did and still does.
So I would recommend that once outta primary law that the system uses something like we had.
@ Dozy
Originally Posted by DozyWanabe #792
is "master" in a hard-limited system right up to the point where he or she commands a maneouvre that would
To be master or slave concerns precisely who decides when reaching the limit and the protection at the limit and if you can override it.