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But MCAS is disabled when flaps are extended, such as on takeoff?

• mzs 7y ago
  On a 737 they are retracted early in the climb, typically between 1000 and 1250 feet. If the slight stick movement the pilot is accustomed to to bring the elevation down 2-3* fails to do so cause MCAS does not engage, there's not a whole lot of distance to recover from a stall then.
  • DuskStar 7y ago
    > If the slight stick movement the pilot is accustomed to to bring the elevation down 2-3* fails to do so This is completely unrelated to MCAS, though? Since the goal of MCAS wasn't "bring the nose down" but instead "increase the pressure on the stick required to maintain a certain nose-up attitude", I'd be really flabbergasted if it was supposed to operate in a normal takeoff environment.
    • linuxftw 7y ago
      The goal was always bring the nose down, stick input not required.