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Re:Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions into 737 Max, Blind to a ... by bwbw223 on Saturday June 01, 2019 @07:04PM (#20072319)
Would you not need three sensors? With only two, wouldn’t it be difficult to determine which is correct?
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Re:Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions into 737 Max, Blind to a ... by mikeash on Saturday June 01, 2019 @09:29PM (#20072896)
You don’t need to determine which is correct. MCAS is not a safety critical system and can just shut down if the sensors disagree.
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Re:Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions into 737 Max, Blind to a ... by FartyMcFarter on Sunday June 02, 2019 @02:31AM (#20073861)
That assumes the sensors are likely to disagree if they're broken, which may not be true.
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