Originally Posted by
Takwis
If it had worked correctly, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
There are two; what MCAS does when the AoA system fails and what it does when the AoA system is working correctly.
Example - there was no neutral-gear detect switch in my former manual transmission car, so one time I tried engaging the cruise control while on a slight down-grade so the speed was constant and the car out of gear. The cruise control engaged. But when I came to a rise and the car slowed slightly, car still in neutral, the cruise control went WOT. Independent of the cruise control the engine had a rev limiter which prevented over-RPM. I would not describe cruise control as a system intended to provide WOT, but when some other system has failed it acts like that.
Based on other comments, I wonder if it would have been better for MCAS to run continuously to the AND limit instead of the safety interrupt timer cutting it short and having the 5 second delay.