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Old 9th Aug 2012, 21:41
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RetiredF4
 
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Originally Posted by RetiredF4
the normal acceleration (smoothed) was below 1g 13 seconds later and stayed below 1 g for over 1 minute.

Answer HazelNuts39
13 seconds later, at 2:11:02, the airplane was stalled, beyond maximum lift, unable to provide the LF demanded by the sidestick, hence elevator and THS continued to move NU, attempting in vain to accommodate the SS demand.
Lets be friends in thaught. I value your judgement, therefore please donīt evade the key question:

Even a 1 g demand with SS neutral would have stimulated the automation to order an NU demand to the elevators and the THS.

What difference does it make, if a SS NU command in whatever magnitude is made under circumstances, when the the overall outcome of this command is less than 1 g concerning the elevator and THS movement? SS neutral would have forced the identical elevator and THS NU order from the automation to achieve and maintain the "SS neutral 1 g command". This 1 g could not be achieved in the relevant aerodynamic and energy available environment, neither with SS NU command nor without NU SS command.
So what did the SS NU command change bottom line? It only shows, that the PF and the PNF didnīt grasp the correct situation and therefore made the wrong SS input. But this input didnt worsen the situation imho.
Only ND input would have had any positive effect, as we know in hindsight and some of us may have known from the beginning.
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