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Old 25th Mar 2019, 00:44
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FCeng84
 
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Originally Posted by 601
Isn't the intention of the MCAS is to increase the feel the to the pilot on elevators as the AoA is increased as required by the FARs.
It does not make the aircraft more stable.
This depends on what you call stability. If stability is the tendency to pitch back down in response to having pitched up, MCAS can be viewed as increasing pitch stability
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