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Old 10th August 2012 | 21:52
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DozyWannabe
 
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No CONF, I have a conception of the logic at engineering level. If you want to think of it as a physical analogy, picture a metal sheet in a G-clamp. The Normal Law protections are the G-clamp and prevent the flight surfaces from exceeding a certain position. The closer to the airframe limits the aircraft gets, the tighter the G-clamp is wound, but the protections do not directly order the flight surfaces not to exceed a given position.

Take the G-clamp away and there is no restriction.

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