Originally Posted by
Tomaski
Which has been the same size since the 737NG was first produced 23 years ago.
I'm not saying it's not a good idea to revisit this design, but it is not a new design. The fact that it is difficult to use the manual trim wheel in extreme out of trim situations has always been there, but somewhere along the way this knowledge fell out of general circulation and with it an appreciation for the seriousness of runaway trim and the need for flight crews to be regularly exposed to this malfunction and the proper steps to counter it.
FWIW re trim wheel dia- I seem to recall many many threads-posts ago that someone- engineer claimed that for the
MAX,( screwed up it was NG- see following post
) due to some additional stuff on center console, they reduced the dia of trim wheel. And that in a mockup they used a well conditioned female to try and turn the wheel against some load. specifics of load were not given- but that she was unable. Someone else here may remember the post at least 6 months ago in the ' first' ultra long thread now found in tech log and locked, but still available ???
