I have real life experience flying the A400M Level D Full Flight Simulator.
The A400M has a MAXIMUM roll rate of 30 degrees per second. which depends on the law the aircraft is applying on that particular moment (TACT, NAV or LS). For example, when flying low level on TACT mode, this will definitely apply, but not when flying a normal ILS approach on LS, where the controls are pretty much as smooth as any other airbus, unless a hard, or even a full deflection of the controls is applied, then you get again those 30 degrees. I guess we could say the roll rate is not lineal but exponential, while the Ini A400M looks completely lineal. I would say the roll is way to sensitive while in normal law. IRL the TACT button activates this FBW state and for example would also inhibit most of the EGPWS callouts (imagine flying 150ft through a valley with the too low gear warning buzzing your ears). I’d like to see this simulated at some point.
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