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Old 25th Aug 2016, 17:27
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Dropp the Pilot
 
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If you have access to a 777 FCTM you will find that postive climb is NOT called with reference to the VSI or radalt but solely with reference to the altimeter.

About a third of the people I see in the sim are doing it wrong.

The VSI can and will show positive climb when the gear is on the ground because it is only a measure of acceleration.

The radalt reading is the delayed product of an algorithm and not a direct reading of height. Thus it can and will be tricked by aggressive handling in pitch as one might do in a windshear encounter near the ground.
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