Re:Boeing 737 MAX crash and the rejection of ridiculous data
by bilbo0s on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:27PM
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Lots of people are, that doesn't mean they aren't armchair quarterbacking. I know how to fly airplanes and helicopters, does that make me an expert on the flight dynamics of 737 MAX?
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Re:Boeing 737 MAX crash and the rejection of ridiculous data
by starpilot on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:50PM
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According to Wikipedia he flew for Delta Airlines/Comair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Greenspun.
That still doesn't mean he knows anything about writing code for flight control systems in commercial environments. Maybe he's written some toy code in MATLAB demonstrating some things, that's never undergone testing on a real airframe.
Re:Boeing 737 MAX crash and the rejection of ridiculous data
by tzs on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @05:43PM
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Are there any airliners for which a sustained 60-70 degree angle of attack over a span of several minutes is not overwhelmingly likely due to sensor failure?
Re:Boeing 737 MAX crash and the rejection of ridiculous data
by VBprogrammer on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @04:05PM
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I think it's fair to say that his knowledge of aircraft plus his knowledge of software and electrical engineering qualify him to speculate.
Its quite likely he has greater knowledge of both subjects than the person who physically implemented MCAS.
Sadly, no speculation is necessary. Had that change been included in MCAS the Ethiopian crash wouldn't have happened.