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Old 30th Nov 2018, 22:25
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Salute Garage

This is what i was concerned with"

In this case the question is whether the MCAS system is modeled in the simulation binary, and is there a way to replicate the failure of a single AOA sensor in the software load?
- Why "model" the MCAS unless it is code in one of the boxes? Is that what it is? Just a chunk of code someplace that can command the stab to trim to its limits faster than the manual trim wheel can? How does it do that?
- Can you tell the box or chunk of code that the AoA sensor on one side is stuck at 20 deg or close to that?
- Can we "fail" a sensor and see how the system reacts? Did the folks at Boeing do that?

I trust the sim folks to model the aero a lot better than the interconnected subsystem boxes or sensors they create in code. The code can't get wet/hot/cold or have a poor solder connection ( can't find the crash, but cause inmplicated a solder gap on a circuit board.

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