N380CR AAIB Report
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climbing in pitch mode can also lead to a stall.
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Why did I get called ignorant and judgemental for saying the same thing as everyone else?
I give up, the evil AOA did it. Ground the fleet immediately, the plane is a death trap.
I give up, the evil AOA did it. Ground the fleet immediately, the plane is a death trap.
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Set a normal climb NU angle, close the thrust levers and see what happens - Stall?
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My point is, once a correct cruise climb pitch is set, of all the modes, pitch is least likely to get you into trouble due to inattention, diminishing thrust or airmass vagaries, and also avoids the phugoid pitching of FLC. VS is a highly divergent mode in the climb. I do agree though - Airbus and Boeing both manage to produce FLCH/VNAV modes which are nice and steady, so why can't we have the same?