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Old 11th Feb 2002, 22:32
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I've flown the Airbus FBW for 8 years now, and my company which uses the FCOM supplied by Airbus, and just adapted for company SOPA's and procedures.. .The A320/1 is only certified for Flaps FULL autoland, even with one engine out this is the ONLY flap setting. Overweight Autolands on the 320 series aren't allowed in normal ops, as this has not been certified either. Just for information, i believe the A330 is certified for overweight autolands.. .Flaps 3 is only used 1. For practice and 2. In gusty conditions, as it gives better control authority over Flaps Full.. .Re. Uncommanded flap movement, i believe this happened on take-off a few years back to a Lufthansa jet, can't remember exactly when.. .As far as uncommanded movement in the cruise, never heard of it. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">
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