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Old 05-30-2010 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by NEDude
The change to flare mode occurs at 50' RA and it affects only pitch, not lateral control.

Airbus FCOM 1.27.20 Page 6-
"When the aircraft is in 'Flare' mode, the lateral control is the same as in 'in flight' mode."

Maybe it is due to my limited brain capacity, but I have found personally that it took five or six good crosswind landings to feel it out, and once I stopped thinking about what laws the airplane was in and just began to feel how the airplane was responding to my inputs I was able to get consistent decent crosswind landings.
I don't have that much time in the Bus but remember 50 feet RA as well.

I also agree, don't over think the laws and fly the airplane. The cockpit is nice and spacious. The only thing I hated was the call buzzer from the cabin, it'll definitely wake you up
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