Re:My Letter to the Editor of New York Times Magazine
by FabHK on Monday October 14, 2019 @01:26PM
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From what I gather, you're half correct:
1. Yes, the 737 Max is stable in the conventional aerodynamic sense.
2. No, MCAS was not introduced only to make it handle like the previous 737 generation. Without MCAS, the 737 Max would not fulfil certification criteria related to stick forces at high angle of attack.
(I've never figured out whether the 737 Max stick force is sub linear, but monotonically increasing at high AoA, or decreasing.)
1. Yes, the 737 Max is stable in the conventional aerodynamic sense.
2. No, MCAS was not introduced only to make it handle like the previous 737 generation. Without MCAS, the 737 Max would not fulfil certification criteria related to stick forces at high angle of attack.
(I've never figured out whether the 737 Max stick force is sub linear, but monotonically increasing at high AoA, or decreasing.)