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Old 9th Nov 2013, 14:51
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Originally Posted by vilas
You have to remember that only method of pitch control is changed aircraft doesn't pitch up on its own. During all this aircraft remains in normal law.
With the sidestick left in neutral the airplane will pitch up on its own -

-- in AoA law at alpha=alpha-prot if the speed is greater than Valpha-prot
-- in Nz law when the pitch attitude is greater than the pitch which will maintain constant airspeed - AoA increases to maintain Nz=1 when airspeed reduces.
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