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Re:Boeing Knew the AOA Disagree Alert on the 737 Max Didn’t ... by dagaci on Monday June 10, 2019 @04:07AM (#20144746)
It seems that the MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System) system depended upon the AOA.
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Re:Boeing Knew the AOA Disagree Alert on the 737 Max Didn’t ... by cottsak on Monday June 10, 2019 @04:30AM (#20144860)
Yes but not in an absolute way. I think we can only assume that MCAS uses this as one of it's many inputs in order to determine it's flight control logic.
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