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Old 4th Nov 2019, 14:39
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Originally Posted by ktcanuck
No one has yet mentioned that this information must already be available through the wind tunnel tests and CFD that Boeing must have done....surely?
It isn't, those tests only identified the need for original (AOA + g) MCAS, the later requirement for MCAS activation on AOA alone, and at lower speeds, was only identified during actual flight tests, hence the late changes rushed through under pressure.
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