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No MCAS is not active with autopilot, because it's not needed. MCAS is there in manual flight to give the human pilot a specific "feel" to the control column fo
by throwaway201103 6y ago
No MCAS is not active with autopilot, because it's not needed. MCAS is there in manual flight to give the human pilot a specific "feel" to the control column forces at high angles of attack. Autopilot doesn't need that.
- dTal 6y agoOne wonders in that case why they didn't put the actuator on the control column, rather than the horizontal stabilizer.