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Old 20th Jul 2012, 02:31
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Thanks for the chart, Turbine, it's the one I used making my assertion that the jet was well within the cee gee envelope.

To JT, I tink you have to further explain about LSS. So if I am below the trimmed AoA, the plane noses up to get there all by itself if I let go. And vice versa. So trimmed for 80 knots in my Cessna and I am zooming along at 100 knots without re-trimming, then the thing pulls up if I relax the wheel/yoke/stick. U.S. nasal radiators like 'bird are very familiar with this, as it was the way they made their approach to the deck - they trimmed for AoA and used power to control rate of descent.

For the 'bus drivers here. you could try this in the sim, but the control laws would fight you. Normal law is not heavily biased for AoA, and the auto-throttle would thwart you. But I guess ya gotta play the cards that you are dealt.
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