A320 vs Grand Canyon

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A320 vs Grand Canyon

Postby V12 » Mon Apr 29, 2019 11:17 am

Land in Paro with Concorde ? Or with 747 ? Fairy tale for bad children ! Let's push A320 to the limits. Into the Grand Canyon !
Canyon entrance :

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Piece of the cake, valley is nice wide :

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After some minutes new situation :

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Spectacular scenery :

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Flight envelope protection in the action, switching to direct law, I need full control, no silicon brain actions :

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Leaving canyon, fuel is dangerously low :

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Final approach to KPGA

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Landed almost on fuel vapours :

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Conclusion :
FBW steering is absolutly precisely, but flight computers 4 times activated TOGA mode, this action was very dangerous in narrow valley.
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