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> one of best balanced planes out there

Airliner design is regulated for stability for passenger flight on IFR approaches. So they're all pretty smooth.

(The reason for the 737 MAX MCAS system was to meet those requirements, although they failed in that case.)

All planes can glide if the wings are attached, and any essential electricity is available for control (if necessary.)

A corollary of "all planes glide" is that planes cannot really fall or dive straight (vertically) down from an appreciable height with the wings attached. A good story to tell passengers afraid of flying.

parent redis_mlc 6 years ago

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