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Re:How the Boeing 737 Max disaster looks to a software devel... by salawat on Monday February 07, 2022 @06:44PM (#30253141)
I did some napkin math to try to calculate the force that'd have to be applied to the jackscrew to actuate under load, and it was not a small number. Basically, an electric motor with the torque of a sporty automobile.

With the gear ratios we're talking with by hand actuation, I would not want to have to be one of those pilots.

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