Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 pilots 'could not stop nosedive'

Re:Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 pilots 'could not stop nose... by raverbashing on Thursday April 04, 2019 @06:24AM (#19570666)

No there isn't

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Re:Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 pilots 'could not stop nose... by dingaling on Thursday April 04, 2019 @07:51AM (#19571036)

But there is on the KC-46 tanker for the USAF, but unlike the MAX it cuts-out upon pilot control input:

http://www.airforcemag.com/Features/Pages/2019/March%202019/...

Again it derives from trying to push an older non-FBW design to new limits; a 767 wasn't designed for the large shifts in CoG which occur when offloading fuel in flight. A FBW type like the A330 that was its rival for the USAF contract can just subtly command constant minir trim changes.

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Re:Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 pilots 'could not stop nose... by raverbashing on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:11AM (#19571196)

Interesting, I didn't know this. Maybe the KC-46 was the prototype (though it might be checking other inputs) to the MAX system?

> The KC-46 has a two-sensor MCAS system, which “compares the two readings,” the Air Force said.

> Moreover, while the MAX 8 MCAS will reset and come back on automatically, the KC-46’s system is “disengaged if the pilot makes a stick input,” according to the Air Force

So it seems someone did their homework in this case (well hadn't they done, it would have gotten very ugly as well)

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