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Old 01-19-2020 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by mongo
this will not be popular for most folk, but it is what i have done since real failsafes came available to us decades ago:
fixed wing: throttle to full idle/kill, all other controls to full positive snap inputsrotorwing: throttle to hold/kill, all others ail and rud to neutral, ele to full back.

this has worked, everytime it has been needed to keep an aircraft from flying away
Exactly. And I'd argue such a setup would be the minimum folks should do in order to ensure they stay on the right side of the "undue risk" as noted in the rule.