Originally Posted by
mustafagander
I can't help wondering why simple strakes were not fitted to the aft fuselage a la Lear 51 etc. These strakes can be aligned with the streamlines in crz and produce a trifling amount of drag but do their job at extreme attitudes. Very simple and no failure modes. What have I missed?
I don't think the Lear 51 made it into production.
Joking aside,
AFAIK the strakes on the Lear 60 and those retrofittable on earlier models are there to provide stabiliity when the tail is blanked at a high AoA.
That's not the problem on the MAX.