The behaviour, (I assume you mean the position of the THS), is not hidden from the crew, it's movement is plainly available on the pedestal via the movement of the THS wheel, the illuminated position indicator, and the Flight Control Page. .....PJ2
I find the oblivion on the part of the pilots re STALLWARN somewhat acceptable, given the nature of the situation. What is inexplicable is the position of the THS throughout, post STALL. Not a sausage. Not a word.... The Captain says "Eh, what the Hell are you doing?" upon his cockpit entry, then says essentially nothing until impact, save for comments that amount mostly to "tweaking" the airframe, whilst descending at 180 mph, in a NOSE UP attitude?
Not a word. "LOOK at the gd TRIM, rook, its maxed!!" Nope, although later he says essentially, "maybe the a/p is selected on?"
In the descent to impact, the angle of incidence is set to its maximum, (13+ degrees), and the captain says nothing? Incidence, in this case, used to describe the angle of the THS from its longitudinal neutral... And its effects on the AoA of the airframe....(wings)
How stubbornly fixed on an "explanation" of "N/A" ("not aware") do people have to be? If a drama for a screenplay, NO ONE would accept it as possible.
And that's the best offer of conclusion?
Fine. However, to do so, one needs to roundly condemn the package, not the crew alone.
Last edited by Lyman; 29th Sep 2012 at 18:37.