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Old 9th Apr 2019, 09:13
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groundbum
 
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so why not have a separate cutout switch just for MCAS, keep the other two to cutout electric trim. But the new MCAS cutout switch would leave electric trim available.

I'm also unclear since the certification requirement was for force feedback on the stick during certain stall regimes why Boeing didn't just use some kind of motor/pneumatic on the stick to give this force, rather than connecting MCAS to control surfaces! Seems overkill, no pun intended. I mean the stick shaker no doubt uses a motor to shake the stick, it doesn't shake the ailerons in order to make the stick shake!

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