Fighting a pusher on the Q400

[G2T]

I heard you can override it by first pushing the power levers forward once the stick shaker starts.

Exactly. How about letting those 5,000 ponies a side eat?

 

[Raskal]

Why is everyone talking about ways to override the pusher?? It is trying to save your life!

Well, personally I wasn't advocating overriding the pusher I was just pointing out that it could be...

As for when you'd actually do that and if it would work, well, that's a different story. The only times I've been told to consider disarming the pusher is landing in windshear type conditions or a malfunction (mind you, the airline I'm at simply points at the disarm button and says if you hit it mx will have to come out, so don't hit it! End of incredible airline training.). As for anything else, if you're fighting the pusher then things are already pretty crappy-relax and let the pusher do its job and then recover.

People who get into arguments with the pusher in the sim are overreacting, too tense, or both.

 

[JimmyKool]

In the CRJ sim training, I always held the AP/SP button at low altitudes during windshear/stall demos... you can't afford to have the pusher go off at 100' for any reason... if you ride the margin, you could get out of a situation where the pusher would have put you in the ground.

Yes...thanks. Exactly my point. Wondering if its possible in the Q-400.

 

[ReverseSensing]

Yes...thanks. Exactly my point. Wondering if its possible in the Q-400.

Stick pusher in the Q400 will not go off below 500'. There is a switch light on the glareshield to disable it in the event of a malfunction. I don't know if any other combination of techniques, other than pulling to over-power it or flying out of it, will work.

 

[surplus1]

Does anyone know if Colgan provides TOLD cards for this aircraft and, if so, do they include manuevering speeds related to bank angle?