Originally Posted by
Pugilistic Animus
DW, the elevators most definitely control AoA...along withthust setting obviously exempting gliders
Correct - perhaps I should have said that elevators *alone* do not effect an AoA.
The point I've been trying to make is that when the aircraft is decelerating and thrust is not yet sufficient either to arrest the deceleration or power out of the projected flightpath, then either the pilot or the EFCS must take that into account when trying to keep the aircraft aloft. Commanding a pitch attitude equivalent to 15.4 degrees of AoA at timestamp X may well be the equivalent of 17.5 degrees AoA or thereabouts at timestamp X+1s.