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Old 29th Nov 2012, 23:15
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misd-agin
 
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We disagree. Fighters roll at up to 720 degrees per second. Even roll reversal does not cause the a/c to lurch. If you make roll inputs in large airliners and change the rate of roll or worse reverse direction you shake the entire a/c. I call it 'the widebody lurch'.

Pull back - trees get smaller? Sure. Push forward trees get bigger? Sure. Yes they're similar but at the same time there's significant differences. And the procedures to recover are the same. But given a choice I'd take an upset in a fighter anyday over an airliner. Why? What's the last defense in a fighter with altitude below them? Let go. Actually a regular biannual training event years ago. It's not a good idea an airliner.
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