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Pitot tubes, even when jammed, are not the only instrumentation a plane has. In this particular case, whatever gyroscope device is available would probably sign
by anghyflawn 15y ago
Pitot tubes, even when jammed, are not the only instrumentation a plane has. In this particular case, whatever gyroscope device is available would probably signal that the angle of attack is completely wrong, tubes or no tubes.
- wglb 15y agoBut without Pitot tubes, what indication of airspeed does one have? And without airspeed, I would think that it is the computer that just hit the panic button.
- foobarqux 15y agoAOA != pitch
- anghyflawn 15y agoTrue, of course. Still, any such automated system would have to have massive redundancy and sophisticated heuristics just to get certified.