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>As an aside: the plane was never 'aerodynamically unstable' as so many people purport. MCAS was designed to make the stick pressures identical to the old model
by na85 6y ago
>As an aside: the plane was never 'aerodynamically unstable' as so many people purport. MCAS was designed to make the stick pressures identical to the old models.
In most of these discussions, "Aerodynamically unstable" is just a layperson's term used when the speaker doesn't realize that stability has a specific quantitative definition in aerodynamics, and is used to generally mean "an airplane that isn't safe". 99% of HN users have exactly zero idea what they're talking about when it comes to aircraft.
- NikolaeVarius 6y agoYeah the discussions about aircraft have really opened me up to how much BS HN generates outside of the "tech" subject. Many people clearly have no idea what they are talking about, but write statements like it is a hard fact. Makes me wonder what else I read on here that is clearly false.
- carabiner 6y agoHN Bingo item: https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/ https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/
- colejohnson66 6y agoDunning Kruger Effect and all
- einpoklum 6y agoJust s/Aerodynamically unstable/unstable/ on people's comments and it's fine. Unstable as in not kept stably in the air.