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> [MCAS] it’s not stopped by the pilot pulling the yoke, which for normal trim from the autopilot or runaway manual trim triggers trim hold sensors This implie
by ricardobeat 8y ago
> [MCAS] it’s not stopped by the pilot pulling the yoke, which for normal trim from the autopilot or runaway manual trim triggers trim hold sensors
This implies that 'normal' runaway trim can be stopped by pulling the control yoke. Maybe pilots simply have no idea what is going on once they realise that action has no effect with the MCAS?
- argd678 8y ago> “After this horrific Lion Air accident, you’d think that everyone flying this airplane would know that’s how you turn this off,” said Steve Wallace, the former director of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s accident investigation branch. I suspect the other factors will answered when this question is answered too.
- inferiorhuman 8y agoThis implies that 'normal' runaway trim can be stopped by pulling the control yoke. Pulling on the yoke will only stop the 737's computers from moving the stabilizer IF it's the speed trim system (STS) that's moving the stabilizer. Otherwise the yoke is intended to adjust the elevator not the stabilizer