E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets

Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by sokoloff on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:26PM (#19371363)

Almost every (or perhaps every?) swept wing jet has active/positive anti-stall systems, at least a shaker and often a pusher.

The wings need to be swept for efficient travel much over Mach 0.6 and these aero aids are needed for swept wings.

At this point, pushers and shakers are well-accepted fixes for aero that is not inherently recoverable.

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Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by VBprogrammer on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:48PM (#19372195)

Stick pushers go all the way down to the PC12 (a single engine turboprop). Honestly there is no putting that genie back in the bottle. Getting benign stall behaviour out of a highly efficient wing is very difficult.

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