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The engines are more powerful and further ahead of the wing on the MAX. This means that the plane may pitch up significantly (and potentially stall) if you app
by inferiorhuman 8y ago
The engines are more powerful and further ahead of the wing on the MAX. This means that the plane may pitch up significantly (and potentially stall) if you apply a bunch of thrust. MCAS was designed to prevent this.
There was, IIRC, a similar incident in an 737 Classic (go around in England that achieved a dramatic nose up pitch IIRC — not the Tailwind incident) but I can't seem to find the entry on avhearld.
- mhandley 8y agoYou're probably referring to this one - Thomson 737-300 at Bournemouth in 2007. Scary reading the full report: 44 degrees nose-up and 82 knots indicated air speed! https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aar-3-2009-boeing-737-3q8-g-thof-23-september-2007 https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aar-3-2009-boeing-737-3q8-g-...
- inferiorhuman 8y agoYep, that's the one. If memory serves, most or all planes with the engines under the wing will pitch up when you apply thrust. Most planes will have an effective enough elevator to counteract this... but it seems like the 737 does not.