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Old 27th Feb 2017, 12:48
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TURIN
 
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Fighters are designed to fly at high alpha throughout their speed range. Agility is key. Airliners aren't. The autoslat function ON AN AIRLINER is there to stop something silly happening, not to enhance its capability. Have look at the 737 autoslat logic.
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