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Old 11th Mar 2019, 10:22
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Roger_Murdock
 
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Originally Posted by bumpy737
From what I understand one condition for the MCAS to work is manual flight. My question is, if the the MCAS starts to trim the nose down, can the AP be still engaged and save the situation?
MCAS only operates in very high (or faulty) AoA, which would probably prevent the AP from being engaged.
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