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Old 11th May 2019, 11:34
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Originally Posted by 737 Driver
MCAS/STS has two independent channels, so it does have redundancy. I think you may be referring to the fact that the loss of AOA will keep MCAS from activating. The loss of MCAS will not cause the aircraft to fall from the sky. Loss of MCAS will only change the handling characteristics approaching a stall. Most aircraft never, ever get near the stall regime in normal operations.
Yep, all redundancy except till the AoA's then a single point failure. So is there no need for you to know the change in handling even if it is severe?
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