calecon323

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by calecon323 7y ago
The Airbus system certainly does override pilot commands. It doesn't matter if the autopilot is disengaged. There are situations even outside of normal law where the system will prevent the pilot from entering a stall.
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by calecon323 7y ago
Except they didn't "follow procedure." MCAS trimmed down repeatedly on one instance for 9(!) seconds and yet the pilots waited 3 seconds longer to counteract that with an electric trim up command on the yoke. The procedure i
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by calecon323 7y ago
You're right that the service bulletin doesn't talk about selecting selecting a sufficient nose up trim because control of the aircraft using manual trim is a continuous action performed in combination with the pitch up command of
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by calecon323 8y ago
All these points have serious problems though. 1. The $500 billion spent on welfare and other income support programs is usually significantly more generous than what a recipient would receive through Yang's proposed UBI. The fact yo
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by calecon323 8y ago
Except he doesn't explain how to pay for it as far as I can tell. He has four funding sources that don't come close to adding up to the $3 trillion he would need to fund a UBI. The $800 billion for a vat is incredibly generous but
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by calecon323 8y ago
The problem with universal basic income is that none of the ways to pay for it are palatable. Let's assume for instance that we want a UBI of something like 20% of per capita gdp. Either we (a) cut spending from existing government pr