Posts: 1912
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002

posted 06-08-2022 07:45 AM               

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Originally posted by Jim Behling:
They were at the most 5 rpm vs 60.

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Five RPM is .089 of a revolution per second.

Having flown aerobatics at roll rates way in excess of this, it's minimal. Unexpected? That's probably the key to the expletive.

Posts: 71
From:
Registered: Nov 2015

posted 06-10-2022 07:59 AM            

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Agreed.

Pilots are aware that rates do not have to be high to be concerning. Watching a nose wander slowly during a high-AOA maneuver or at the end of a low excess speed cat shot will 'focus you'.

I think the key here is that they rehearsed it so many times in the sim and they knew the spectrum of nominal responses. To me Geno's remark really only indicated that things were far from normal. And not knowing the culprit for even a low-rate excursion off nominal at 240,000 miles from home: boy, that must get your undivided attention!