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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Colgan Air Flight 3407 (section Stick shaker)
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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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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Aircraft flight control system (section Stick shaker)
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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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 warning devices, such as stick shakers, and devices to automatically provide an adequate nose-down pitch, such as stick pushers. When the mean angle...
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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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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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altitude of 1,250 ft (380 m) when the stick shaker activated and sounded for 3 seconds. After 1.5 seconds, the stick shaker sounded again. The aircraft continued...
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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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