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Old 4th Nov 2013, 14:42
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Lonewolf_50
 
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I asked a few pages ago, and got no answer.

Can you, Dozy, or anyone, explain to me why it takes 17 seconds for the pilot to make a control input during the A330/A340 altitude excursion that is of such interest in discussing the various features of the A330 flight control system?

From the A330/A340 incident ...
The pitchup trend continued for 17 seconds reaching a peak of 15° nose-up shortly before the first nose-down sidestick command was applied.
I asked for anyone who flies that family of aircraft, as the flight control systems seem to be similar enough.

My impression from that statement was that no corrective stick command was made. If I misunderstand what that tells us, that would be nice to know.
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