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Old 18th Nov 2013, 04:41
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As a matter of fact, our pioneer FBW system did not have a stall or AoA warning.

We had a "slow speed" warning based on aero data if below 120 knots with gear up. Otherwise nothing. The limiters ( called "protections" by the 'bus community) were active for AoA all the time if weight off wheels. In short, we could "pull" as much as we wanted, but the FBW system limited our max AoA depending on configuration. Didn't care about airspeed if gear up or WoW switch not compressed.

I never worried about ":floors" or "protect" or any of that. Just flew like we used to when the Earth was still cooling and everything worked out, except it was very hard to stall.
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