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Re:Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Investigation Preliminary Report by weaksauce on Thursday April 04, 2019 @02:19PM (#19575449)
The planes when setup correctly have a pretty good glide slope actually. When there is no power the pilots can deploy the apu to restore basic power for flight controls.
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Re:Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Investigation Preliminary Report by rob74 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @04:26PM (#19576747)
I assume you mean the Ram Air Turbine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_air_turbine)?
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Re:Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Investigation Preliminary Report by weaksauce on Thursday April 04, 2019 @04:38PM (#19576860)
ah yeah. got my initialisms mixed up. the apu is not an emergency source of power.
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Re:Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Investigation Preliminary Report by cladari on Thursday April 04, 2019 @04:23PM (#19576703)
The 737 has a better glide ratio than a Cessna 172 when both set up correctly.
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