737 MAX - Synthetic AoA
Part of the recertification of the MAX included an undertaking by Boeing to add a third AoA source to supplement the existing 2 AoA probes/vanes from the MAX-10 onwards. It is widely believed that the third source will be "synthetic" rather than a new physical vane. I believe that synthetic AoA is used on other later Boeing types. Can somebody explain how it is computed and what sources it uses? Follow-up question: Do those Boeing types that have synthetic AoA also use synthetic airspeed as well? I would imagine that if you have the infrastructure & computing power to generate AoA, the IAS is an easy extra step. TIA