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Re:Boeing Was ‘Go, Go, Go’ to Beat Airbus with the 737 Max by Osiris on Saturday March 23, 2019 @09:51PM (#19473614)
They could have also used inputs from other systems as a sanity check such as altitude, air speed, pilot input, etc. I'm really surprised the software didn't take any other available data into consideration.
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Re:Boeing Was ‘Go, Go, Go’ to Beat Airbus with the 737 Max by function_seven on Saturday March 23, 2019 @10:18PM (#19473740)
The horizon indicator alone should serve as a check. If you (the computer) think the plane is about to stall, it makes sense to nose it down to compensate. Ok, cool. But if you think it's stalling, and you see that you're at a negative attitude, then it's much more likely that trimming the horizontal stab is a bad idea.

I'm sure there are other checks as well. Also not sure if I'm missing something with this armchair analysis.

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