Originally Posted by
silverstrata
I have been wondering about Rostov. Is it possible that the Fly Dubai was fitted with a Max speed-trim computer? I bet they are compatible, because that is cheaper, and Boeing does everything on the cheap. So did an engineer not have the right spare unit, so fitted one from a Max instead? - Not realising that there was a fundamental software difference between the two units?
I wonder because the report said that the Fly Dubai pilots trimmed forward for 10 seconds. And everyone was aghast by that news, because no pilot would ever trim forward for 10 seconds. We were thinking in terms of a health issue, with someone freezing on the controlls. But as it happens, this is exactly what MCAS does - it trims forward for 10 seconds. So was the Fly Dubai fitted with a Max speed-trim computer?
Silver
Given that accident was in Dec 2016 to an aircraft built in 2010 and the Max didn't enter service until Aug 2017 I think that's a pretty fanciful hypothesis.