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Old 2nd Feb 2015, 18:40
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On reset of FAC versus Circuit Breakers

drphillips and others have stated the difference between reset and CB. MY point was/is that IF the FAC(s) are fubar due to ?? ( sensors, bad connections, etc ) then pilots wind up in a infinite loop of on-off, partial protection, full protection, etc.

Whereas pulling Circuit breakers at least stops that loop, but still prevents from bending the airplane.

The article seemed seemed to describe that pushing the reset button(s) would have fixed things or from my view seemed to treat the reset as a circuit breaker ( which it is not )


On other control issues suggest looking up ' phugoid ' in wiki re getting behind the curve or pilot induced oscillations or out of sync feedback..
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