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Old 15th Mar 2019, 01:14
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Originally Posted by GarageYears
Anyone know if the AOA sensors on the MAX are any different from the NG? If not, are their reliability issues with the NG AOA sensors?

Otherwise, what chance is there for another AOA sensor triggering a MCAS event just now, when there are thousands of NGs making daily flights with no issues?

It just doesn’t seem to make sense unless this is a new/different AOA sensor design, with a design flaw.

- GY


its not the sensor - its the fubar software and dependance on a single sensor which gets switched from side to side dependant on aircraft power cycles, but which can without any comparison or error checking drive a horizontal stabilizer !
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