Originally Posted by
bill fly
And then there's folks here that claim :MCAS won't work if flaps are down", "MCAS won't work if AP is engaged:, amd so on.
Well that’s what we have all been told from the first thread here - Haven’t heard it disputed properly yet.
Or do you mean it could be triggered by a fault even when the conditions above are met?
Greetings
There is no evidence that MCAS has ever been triggered under conditions which it was not designed to (AOA notwithstanding). On the other hand, as flight critical software, the FAA and others can't just rely on what they have been told by Boeing. MCAS V2.0 needs to be written and certified to very high standards, which the previous version clearly was not.
Edit: Hypothetically if the flaps-up sensor failed, it could trigger a fault condition.