Originally Posted by
silverstrata
The MCAS system was not designed for 250 kts, it was designed for low speed upsets near the stall. And those events normally (but not exclusively) take place near to sea level. So Boeing would certainly have had to take into account the pitching moments caused by those thrust levels. And the Max does indeed have much more thrust than the old -400. And the NG’s thrust can indeed overpower the elevator, as has already been demonstrated (with passengers aboeard).
Although it would be interesting to see if anyone tried out an inadvertant MCAS operation at 300 kts at 10,000 ft, to see what would happen.
Silver.
Wouldn’t a steep turn be done at 250 KIAS? So you bank and yank and all of a sudden you don’t have to yank so hard. Anybody done steep turns in a Max sim?