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Forum: Tech Log

5th Jun 2011, 18:19

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By engine-eer

What the pilot might have felt

If they stalled it at a load factor of less than one g, that would result in a stall at a considerably lower speed. The Airbus Safety newsletter mentioned that buffetting would occurr as the aircraft...

Forum: Tech Log

5th Jun 2011, 02:22

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By engine-eer

Remember in the mid-eighties that a lot of...

Remember in the mid-eighties that a lot of performance cars were going to video display full digital dashboards with no analog gages????

Then the guys actually running cars on the track figured...

Forum: Tech Log

28th May 2011, 17:05

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By engine-eer

Touch'n'oops Sorry, I confused Alternate...

Touch'n'oops

Sorry, I confused Alternate Law with Direct Law. In direct law autotrim is disabled. That is what occurred in the Air New Zeland crash, where the trim was left at the last autotrim...

Forum: Tech Log

28th May 2011, 16:15

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By engine-eer

Sorry I thought you were referring to this case. ...

Sorry I thought you were referring to this case.

What does it take to have the FC system return to normal law? Does the system do that automatically after it has decided that the AS sensors...

Forum: Tech Log

28th May 2011, 14:06

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By engine-eer

Auto trim is disabled in Alternate law

This is not correct. When the system is in alternate law the auto trim function is disabled. Pushing the stick forward only results in limited elevator motion. Trim must be addressed by the pilot in...

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