Originally Posted by
Turb
Here's my speculative candidates for 'deep, unacceptable issues'.
Perhaps the FAA will no longer accept Boeing's contention that this aircraft is 'just a 737'. Could it be that the FAA has told Boeing to certify the MAX as a new type? Boeing would resist that obviously because of the cost of the certification and the re-training costs its customers would face.
But an even worse issue would be if the airframe with those big engines attached is aerodynamically unstable and is therefore incapable of being certified.That sounds outrageous until you think about what we actually know about this thing - see this for example (if you haven't already done so):
https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/...ware-developer
I agree that the SEC should be watching this carefully but after Madoff I wouldn't trust them to watch a kettle boil.
The guy is confusing Pitch - Power couple (not the problem) with Nacelle aerodynamic lift potential (the problem) in this article...