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Old 6th Dec 2018, 11:17
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yes, but limited to 2.5 AND each time - depending on speed and AoA. It appears as though everyone is assuming it trimmed at the max limit each time - and I’m curious where that information is found. How do we know, for example, MCAS didn’t trim 1.3 AND each time, if that’s what speed and AoA called for? Or 0.7 . . .or 2.1?
First, there is that AND word, which an earlier poster suggested, ' . . . AND, and etc., etc.'

Again, wording is so critical. But your main point: while the extent of the trim via the mini-corrections IS variable, (i.e. Mach), for the most part the repeated blips are very similar on the graphs available to us. Although the Mach modification is very small, it does get me wondering what it was doing during the fatal dive.
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