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Old 25th Jun 2014, 01:14
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Capn Bloggs
 
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Defending the indefensible. Put in Min Speed Protection, you lot. Or remove ABS, seatbelts, traction control, and anything else man invented to save himself if he gets out of his depth (for whatever reason) with technology!

Originally Posted by TDRacer
Are you really advocating an A/T that can unilaterally apply thrust, even when the pilot has commanded it not to? What if there was an issue with unreliable airspeed (been known to happen), do you want the A/T to firewall the throttles against the pilots wishes to maintain the erroneous airspeed during landing?
Ever heard of an AFS Override switch?
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