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    A stick shaker is a mechanical device designed to rapidly and noisily vibrate the control yoke (the "stick") of an aircraft, warning the flight crew that...
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    to 135 knots (250 km/h; 155 mph). Six seconds later, the aircraft's stick shaker activated, warning of an impending stall, as the speed continued to slow...
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    of the control stick, giving force feedback that was proportional to the airplane's normal acceleration.[citation needed] A stick shaker is a device that...
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  • function in much the same way as the stick pusher. However, a stick pusher should not be confused with a stick shaker, the latter being a device that warns...
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    attitude and it should remain in that position until the stick shaker stops. The stick shaker should have immediately stopped by the time the flight crew...
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    would slow the aircraft down until the stick shaker activated, record the stall speed and that of the stick shaker activation, and then recover control...
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  • electrical systems to go offline, most notably the captain's instruments, his stick shaker, and the slat disagreement sensors. A switch in the overhead panel would...
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    control surfaces. Yokes may feature a stick shaker, which is designed to help indicate the onset of stall, or even a stick pusher, which physically pushes the...
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  • inputs by the pilot flying generated stall warnings and activation of the stick pusher to which the crew did not respond in a timely and effective manner...
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    of hands on throttle-and-stick, is the concept of placing buttons and switches on the throttle lever and flight control stick in an aircraft cockpit. By...
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