Originally Posted by Chris Scott
A slightly earlier, late-1987 edition of the Airbus FCOM Flight Controls chapter (1.09.10 P8, REV 03, SEQ 001) omits any specific alpha figures; instead providing the following figures of the relationship between the alphas at the protection stages and the alpha at Vs.
All configurations at low speed:
alpha-prot >= alpha (1.13 Vs)
alpha-floor = alpha (1.1 Vs)
alpha-max = alpha (1.06 Vs)
I wonder, does your late-1987 (i.e. pre-cert) edition define V2min in relation to Vs (in the A330 FCOM it's in 3.04.10 - Characteristic speeds)?