Originally Posted by
OK465
Mine too.
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From a practical implementation standpoint, without an AOA gauge, the pilot sees only that he has achieved and is able to hold Valphamax. He is then a happy camper.
Agreed, and I'm with you. The difference between your input (as I understand it) and CONF iture's is that he seems to interpret the term "alpha max" as adhering strictly to 17.5 degrees AoA and believes anything other than a swift acquisition and maintaining of that value to be a technical fault or anomaly.