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Old 5th Nov 2017, 13:37
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vapilot2004
 
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All modern wide bodied Airbus aircraft have "electric rudders". I understand the A320 has joined them, but it wasn't always so.

Mechanical backup is not easy but manageable.
Sim fidelity suggests, and understandably so, no crosswind landings may apply here.
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