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Bus Driving
Apologies if this question has been asked in the past.
Watching "again" the Air Crash Investigation Gimli Glider programme, I ask is it possible to do sideslips in an Airbus?
It may have been pertinent in the US Airways landing had it been heading for a runway and not the river.
Something learned in gliding, and very useful when landing away in a short field.
As an aside, I dont think the computer graphics guy had ever done or even seen a sideslip.
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Watching "again" the Air Crash Investigation Gimli Glider programme, I ask is it possible to do sideslips in an Airbus?
It may have been pertinent in the US Airways landing had it been heading for a runway and not the river.
Something learned in gliding, and very useful when landing away in a short field.
As an aside, I dont think the computer graphics guy had ever done or even seen a sideslip.
Cheers
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From: Correr es mi destino por no llevar papel
A320 can be sideslipped. In normal law piloting technique differs from from conventionally controlled aeroplanes - when the desired slip is achieved, stick has to be released to neutral.
Now what's your definition of "computer graphics guy"?
Now what's your definition of "computer graphics guy"?
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From: Kelsterbeach
Having sideslipped an A320 in the sim myself I still wonder whether this is inside the envelope of real data used to program the sim or outside.
Also, when in normal law, the computers will try to hold the wings level despite the rudder input, and who knows when they will run out of aileron authority to counteract the rising wing. But only desperate situations call for a sideslip, and one might as well try.
Also, when in normal law, the computers will try to hold the wings level despite the rudder input, and who knows when they will run out of aileron authority to counteract the rising wing. But only desperate situations call for a sideslip, and one might as well try.
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From: Sandpit
Actually there are two different problems:
- With the engine operational you might get a flameout because the air entering the engine is anything but undisturbed ...
- Some guy in Toulouse mentioned the pylon design not being able to cope with too much power sideways (that was 320 under discussion).
- With the engine operational you might get a flameout because the air entering the engine is anything but undisturbed ...
- Some guy in Toulouse mentioned the pylon design not being able to cope with too much power sideways (that was 320 under discussion).
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I really cannot think of a circumstance where you would consider a sideslip in a modern aircraft if power were available.
I and I suspect most others who learned the sideslip were in sailplanes or the great but flapless Tiger.
I and I suspect most others who learned the sideslip were in sailplanes or the great but flapless Tiger.
