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Old 23rd August 2012 | 07:59
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HazelNuts39
 
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Originally Posted by CONF iture
To stall an aircraft in direct law just takes more effort than in a 1G command and the BEA does not disagree on that.
It took about 5 - 6 degrees of NU elevator to stall the airplane. In direct law that would correspond to about 3 degrees (2.8 lbf) of sidestick, vs about 2 degrees (2.1 lbf) in alternate law. Do you really believe the PF would have felt the difference in his erratic movements of the sidestick?

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