Originally Posted by
gums
Salute PEI ,
One thing that mabe FCeng can explain is the interaction between STS and MCAS. Seems to this old pilot that at certain flight conditions they are opposing each other. In other words if speed/AoA is changing, then one system is trimming opposite the other. Or am I way off base?
There would have to be a predetermined hierarchy of precedence of simultaneous/opposing inputs. And surely MCAS (i.e., the high alpha protection) would be above STS and its general speed stability. And this is nothing special, my jet has electric trim only with probably half a dozen inputs, each in its order in this type of hierarchy.
Glad we can discuss stuff here. Guess the casual folks on the main forum think they must be aero engineers of test pilots to be here.
Me too. I'm on a few US-centric forums and the main topics there seem to be about industry complaints. But if you get too much into technical stuff (except maybe ATC procedures) you're too much of a nerd.