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Watch how much effort it takes to adjust trim with the motors disabled https://youtu.be/xixM_cwSLcQ?t=1106 https://youtu.be/xixM_cwSLcQ?t=1106 It's good that M
by morganw 6y ago
Watch how much effort it takes to adjust trim with the motors disabled https://youtu.be/xixM_cwSLcQ?t=1106 https://youtu.be/xixM_cwSLcQ?t=1106
It's good that MCAS will now disable itself without having to disable the trim motors completely. I wish they'd just taken the hit on a new type rating and given up on MCAS completely after the failures. Perhaps new 737 pilots could get training on NG and MAX at the same time?
One thing I'm not seeing much discussion of today (though it was addressed in previous posts about the MAX) is the development process issues that led to the problems in the first place. Some blame it on post-McDonnell-Douglas-merger penny-pinching, non-engineer-indulging managers. Whatever it was, the investigation should have resulted in not just plane modifications, but company ones.
- ummonk 6y agoThe type rating is not the reason for MCAS. MCAS is there to make the aircraft satisfy certain stability requirements mandated for all planes by the FAA to prevent an inadvertent stall. So even with a new type rating, MCAS would still be needed unless the airframe were massively redesigned.