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