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Old 19th Aug 2019, 15:10
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Originally Posted by Speed of Sound
The three most obvious ones are, a larger diameter wheel (not feasible in current cockpit design), higher gearing (making operation take longer) or some kind of powered assistance (which defeats the idea of a solely human-powered mechanical method of trimming the stabiliser.)
In designing a fix to that problem, Boeing will be painfully aware that the same issue applies to almost 7,000 in-service NGs.

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