'Passengers are afraid of this airplane': How Boeing is handling 737 Max problem

Re:'Passengers are afraid of this airplane': How Boeing is h... by lultimouomo on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:12AM (#19737950)

This assumes MCAS is not painting over a more fundamental flight characteristic issue, such as the larger engines causing undesirable stall behavior.

I have no idea if this is the case, but if it is I can totally see Boeing trying over and over to paint over the issue, as they would probably lose way too much if they had to scrap the project.

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Re:'Passengers are afraid of this airplane': How Boeing is h... by frickinLasers on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:38AM (#19738160)

That's absolutely the case.

> Now, when the pilots applied power to the engine, the aircraft would have a significant propensity to “pitch up,” or raise its nose. This propensity to pitch up with power application thereby increased the risk that the airplane could stall when the pilots “punched it”

> Worse still, because the engine nacelles were so far in front of the wing and so large, a power increase will cause them to actually produce lift, particularly at high angles >of attack. So the nacelles make a bad problem worse."

https://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/economics/boeing-737-max-unsa...

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