Lack of redundancies on Boeing 737 MAX baffles some involved in developing it

Re:Lack of redundancies on Boeing 737 MAX baffles some invol... by TylerE on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @11:29PM (#19560514)

That's what AoA is though. It's the relative wind angle over the wing. The wind matters. You can't calculate AoA simply from pitch or vertical speed or something like that.

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Re:Lack of redundancies on Boeing 737 MAX baffles some invol... by inferiorhuman on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @02:32AM (#19561248)

IIRC Boeing calculates a synthetic AoA value from the inertial reference unit in the 777 and 787, so you can derive it.

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