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Old 18th Sep 2014, 17:34
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Samaritan
 
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Positive Stick Gradient

Hi BB,

Thanks for your reply, can i safely assume now that negative stick gradient means there is a chance the crew on flight controls may run out of aft cyclic to retard speed when needed especially since now they will have to pull aft cyclic, bring it back to neutral and pull back again?

Does that define negative stick gradient? and similarly does negative stick gradient also means the characteristic of gaining more speed requires the pilot to push stick fwd, pull back to centralise and then push forward again?

trying to get these basics right
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