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Old 30th Apr 2019, 23:45
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ktcanuck
 
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Stick force reduces as AoA increases under particular flight conditions on, and only on, the 737 MAX. This is not certifiable under FAA rules.

I don't know who originally stated the first part to be the case but it is apparently at the foundation of all that we have talked about and whose chosen "correction" is in whole or in part the cause of the loss of almost 400 lives.

What mentality uses uncommanded movement of the horizontal stab (MCAS) to correct for a decrease in stick force?

Perhaps a mentality that knows that if the 737 MAX were to actually stall under those particular conditions it would be game over?
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