Re:U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design cha...
by racnid on Monday August 03, 2020 @04:52PM
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Yes, to my understanding the only issue a pilot would run into with MCAS disabled and neutral is decreasing control forces at high angles of attack. The FAA requires control forces to monotonically increase with angle. I say "only" but that probably makes for a very weird feeling airplane to fly; how dangerous that actually is for a trained pilot I can't answer for sure but my gut and experience tells me not very.
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Re:U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design cha...
by salawat on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @05:44AM
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It is a specifically enumerated disqualification for civil transport aircraft, created in a time where all aircraft were flown by hand.
I'd be comfortable with taking it as a given this is not an avenue worth excavating.