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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by liketochill on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:39PM (#34826757)
But only 1 angle of attack sensor on some models …
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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by Sakos on Thursday February 16, 2023 @05:03PM (#34827113)
No, but that's fine, because Boeing needs to make money upselling carriers on redundancy.
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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by fredoralive on Thursday February 16, 2023 @05:31PM (#34827455)
No, the 737 Max has 2 AoA sensors, it just used a bizarre “only use one at a time and ignore the other” approach to (non) redundancy.
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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by sigmoid10 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @06:05PM (#34827949)
If only that was the worst design issue with the 737 Max... It is astonishing how Boeing got away with that clusterfuck of a plane. All because they didn't wan't to invent a new body and beat Airbus to market.
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