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Old 16th May 2019, 00:23
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RickNRoll
 
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Originally Posted by Takwis
Every generation of the 737 worked like that, until the MAX. You could pull back on the controls, and all nose down trim was inhibited. That's been engineered out. Now pulling back does nothing...overpowered by MCAS.

Edit: Where'd ironbutt go?
Because now the rear stabiliser was being repurposed to add a few pounds of back pressure to the control column.
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