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Old 22nd May 2013, 00:57
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Originally Posted by CONF iture
Pretty sure the AoA sensors can very well keep up at 100 kt.
In terms of the horizontal component of travel yes - I was more concerned with the vertical. The aircraft was oriented such that the vertical airflow was fouling the pitot tubes - I suspect it would also have been sufficient to give false AoA readings.

Of course, this is all speculative as we don't have the spec to hand. I also think we're splitting hairs at this point, because we can't prove one way or another - and the last thing I want to do is give the hamster wheel another push.
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