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Old 15th Oct 2014, 01:10
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Originally Posted by BOAC
2) 447 would have eventually run out of nose up elevator and the nose would have dropped.
That would be still pitch under alternate law but without any THS involvement.
What would be sensible is pitch under simple direct law where the pilot has to force to keep the nose up and any release of the stick would let the nose drop.

Originally Posted by gums
The insidious effect of the implementation and the lack of speed/AoA stability until in direct law was a very big player.
Very big indeed
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