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Old 26th Mar 2019, 21:43
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Good questions, Hawk.

The Lion 610 data clearly shows the MCAS reset and then the 5 second delay. All the while the AoA from the pilot sensor is up at 20 degrees or so from the other side. You can also see the flap position logic in action. So the MCAS worked as designed, but had FUBAR AoA data. I would love to see MCAS act in an approach to stall in a banked turn where the pilot could simply relax back pressure and the AoA would go down. Then see what MCAS does.

Without a data table to check the traces second by second, it is hard to tll if MCAS re-trimmed back to what is was when it first trimmed or that the pilot commanded a whole lotta nose up trim. From the plot, looks like he trimmed up a lo, but all the way back to the original stab angle. Right at the end you can see that the FO did not rettrim as much, so I am questioning the complete reset

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