A321 tail strike
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From: FL390
NEO rotation law commands pitch rate (with the opportunity to limit rate approaching tailstrike). CEO is direct stick to elevator law.
For landing it’s the opposite - the NEO is effectively direct law with pitch rate damping, CEO is flare law.
Takeoff is is easier in a NEO once you’re used to it. Not landed an A321 NEO yet so can’t comment.
For landing it’s the opposite - the NEO is effectively direct law with pitch rate damping, CEO is flare law.
Takeoff is is easier in a NEO once you’re used to it. Not landed an A321 NEO yet so can’t comment.
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From: Near sheep!
NEO rotation law commands pitch rate (with the opportunity to limit rate approaching tailstrike). CEO is direct stick to elevator law.
For landing it’s the opposite - the NEO is effectively direct law with pitch rate damping, CEO is flare law.
Takeoff is is easier in a NEO once you’re used to it. Not landed an A321 NEO yet so can’t comment.
For landing it’s the opposite - the NEO is effectively direct law with pitch rate damping, CEO is flare law.
Takeoff is is easier in a NEO once you’re used to it. Not landed an A321 NEO yet so can’t comment.
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I'm guessing that he means he has taken off in an A320neo, and it was still an A320 when he landed it. 
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From: Not At Home
This is not published in the FCOMs as Airbus decided it to be so. I’m not sure if it’s a customer option or standard fit but our 319s don’t have it.
On the 320 CEO, for example, as pitch increases beyond 9 degrees the nose will be forced downwards regardless of pilot input. I’ve seen it in action and it took the peak pitch from just under 10 back down to 5 while the side stick was maintained aft (unbeknown to me!).
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I can't comment on the A321 but the A320 NEO definitely feels different on rotation compared to the A320 CEO. The NEO (P&W) seems to rotate lightly and then pitch nose up once it's airborne,as if the rotation rate is being limited close to the ground. I could easily tell you which type I was flying with no other clue except how they take off.
