Re:Airlines scour the world for scarce 737 Max simulators
by r3drock on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @03:35AM
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They did not stall because of the engines. The plane would be perfectly flyable without mcas, the plane only behaves differently. But in order to avoid recertification boeing decided to tweak the plane behaviour with mcas so that there is no noticeable difference for the pilots.
In hindsight this obviously wasn't done right.
Re:Airlines scour the world for scarce 737 Max simulators
by jacquesm on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @03:32AM
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If you're going to comment in threads like these it would be nice if you familiarized yourself with the material at least at a basic level.
Re:Airlines scour the world for scarce 737 Max simulators
by StreamBright on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @03:57AM
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You most definitely can fix _certain_ hardware problems with software.
My understanding from the previous wave of news was that two planes crashed because they stalled in mid air because their engines were too large and too far forward and that somehow affected the plane's center of gravity... And the solution is a software update? You can't fix hardware problems with software.
I wonder if this is a trend. First Intel and now Boeing... Shipping defective products and then trying to hack together patches on top.