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Old 31st Dec 2014, 18:16
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Dupre
 
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haha that must make me a fake airline pilot??

Flight detent is quite right, it will maintain v.a.prot in that situation. But until when is the question? I had thought protection will stop as soon as the aircraft accelerates faster than v.a.prot (Either by increased thrust or pilot pitching down), until I read that in fact high AoA protection needs to be disengaged. Now it is a bit of a grey area for me. To be honest, I have never tried this in the aircraft or sim.

"Will the elevators pitch UP at VLS or something like that? "
Why would they do that? Seems counterintuitive to me.

"When does the elevator STOP pitching DOWN??"
When the airspeed is stable at V.a.prot. It is maintaining that speed, remember?
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