Originally Posted by
Deepinsider
Questions. During flight testing of a new airplane is the plane
actually properly stalled? i.e. Stick hard back and sinking like crazy.
Or do they just validate wind tunnel / simulator results by 'approaching'
the stall?
What will the FAA / foreign authorities require now to be fully assured
that the Max is safe?
The reported tracks of the recent test flights appear to show that some 'vigorous' manoeuvres were repeatedly attempted - whether these were solely recovery from MCAS operation or included unmediated approach to stall is not clear.
Does anyone know how the data from such flights might be incorporated into SIM behaviour?