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Old 12th Mar 2014, 22:50
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Originally Posted by OPENDOOR
@Lost in Saigon

What I was trying to ask is how would the airframe behave with no control input and what would be the likely impact speed?
The 777 is fly-by-wire and even with the autopilot disconnected it has some authority over the flight controls. These "protections" are over-bank, over-speed, and stall protection. That would help keep it stable for awhile, but I would expect that the aircraft would eventually enter a turn, begin a shallow dive, and impact at high speed.
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