Originally Posted by
Goldenrivett
Yes. See
737 MAX - MCAS
"The MCAS design at the time of these accidents would trim the
Stabilizer down for up to 9.26 seconds (2.5 deg nose down) then pause for 5 seconds and repeat if the conditions (high AoA, flaps up and autopilot disengaged) continued to be met. If the pilots used electric pitch trim, it would only pause MCAS for 5s; to deactivate it you have to switch off the STAB TRIM CUTOUT switches."
incorrect, it needs to be “reset” by trim input before it will trim again.
go through FcEng84 post history.