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Old 7th Mar 2013, 18:54
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Owain Glyndwr
 
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what are the possibilities of a PITCH phugoid, either real, or sensate? Such that a chronic climb derived from incorrect input?
Nil. There is no such animal. The phugoid is an oscillation in airspeed and altitude at more or less constant AoA. If the control system maintains a constant flight path then the conditions for a phugoid do not exist.

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