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Old 07-05-12, 04:51 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith View Post
Commercial airliners have what is called a 'shaker' on the yoke. When the aircraft is nearing a stall the yoke will vibrate/shake warning the pilots of an impending stall. If the pilot's don't take action and the computer deams that a stall is imminent it usually pushes the yoke forward to prevent the stall. It's very hard to stall a commercial airliner these days.
I know Boeing has the stick shaker installed, but does Airbus have it installed in the cockpit side stick as well?
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