Originally Posted by dozy
So what the FCTM is saying is that when holding full back stick in High AoA Protection mode Alpha Max *may* be reached, but it says nothing about the aircraft being held there precisely.
So it also makes no claim that Alpha Max (as illustrated on the graph you posted) will be held precisely.
No input on the stick and alpha prot is maintained, full back stick and alpha max is commanded and maintained. Hopefully you will come up with valuable argumentation to justify that the airplane had no intention to deliver anything closer than 2.5 degrees of alpha max ... ?
and with the stick all the way back throughout the flypast to maintain the altitude they had
Is it again disinformation or just ignorance on the report ?
Originally Posted by Tester78
In real life, especially after a sudden pull (GPWS pull-up, for example) some gentle variation will occur until everything settles down, as Airbus describes in the FCTM quotes provided by Dozy.
Yes, some gentle variation around alpha max which allows the protected aircraft to outperform the unprotected one.