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Old 27th December 2014 | 23:25
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AF330
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Ok...confused.

Are you a real airline pilot?
Well, I really appreciate your help! Thanks a lot! Here are my doubts:

How can you get alpha floor above VLS?
VLS is the lowest speed you can select. Vprot is the speed where the maximum AoA at which Alpha protection becomes active (the plane pitches down and maintains Vprot with ELAC).

You can only reach Vprot if your thrust levers are at IDLE.

At Vmax, your plane is stalling so your speed is below VLS.
I haven't seen any stall with TOGA thrust... (so why is Vprot and Vmax BELOW VLS????)

You say that Aloha floor is a special AoA where you basically start stalling (between Vprot and Vmax - VSW). I agree with you.
But then you say that you can have Afloor above VLS.
If you are stalling, you don't have enough lift ---> Your speed is low.
So at a special AoA, you get TOGA from A/THR.

Do you have a video where you hit Afloor and you get TOGA LCK above VLS???

My question: Can we stop A/THR to give us TOGA when we are at Alpha Floor? Or can we only stop A/THR when we have left the critical AoA (A.floor)?

Thanks a lot!
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