I have a genuine question about pitch control on 737s, maybe you would know?
The original 60s version had the low, thin, P&W engines.
The MAX has these large, forward CFM motors. These cause pitch-up under thrust and so necessitated the introduction of MCAS to fix it.
This model is the 2nd gen 500 from the 1980s, so it's too early for MCAS, I understand.
However, the 500 does have rather large CFM motors. It looks a lot like the MAX. So, presumably, it also had the pitch-up issue (though perhaps to a lesser extent than the MAX).
If so, my question is, what was done in the late 80s to mitigate the pitch-up tendency on the 500 series when it rolled out?