Originally Posted by HN39
That is a strange twist - many posts ago I first suggested that phugoid damping was a possible explanation for the 'attenuated' response of the airplane to full back sidestick.
... and I
did not oppose it, but what you confirm here is that the phugoid damping (if it is actually the guy behind the restriction ...) was useless and detrimental performance wise.
Bechet did much better without it than Asseline with it.