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Old 9th Nov 2014, 10:15
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Usual hysteria about 'sideslip in airliners'


If it is that dangerous then why is it built in to every autoland system on modern Boeing aircraft ?


Try watching the different stages of autoland to see this wing down correction introduced by the autopilot, very smoothly while limiting the bank angle at touchdown.


In manual flight it nearly always produces a better, more predictable result than the 'push it straight at the last second' technique.
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