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To: CivilWarBrewing
Does the 737 MAX have Pitot tubes?

Probably, but those are for airspeed, In the case of Indonesia crash, the problem was other sensors kept indicating the plane was going into a stall, with the nose too high. The autopilot would then take control from the pilots and force the nose down. The problem, of course, was that the nose wasn't too high to start with, and now the plane is in a dive, and the technique to override the system is complicated, especially when you're pointing at the ocean at 400 mph.

55 posted on 03/13/2019 12:36:09 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep; PAR35
Hmmmm..

I think Boeing is overthinking itself with the automated horizontal stabilizer CR*P on the 737 MAX!! I read the article at DM. I think the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) where the horizontal stabilizers are AUTOMATICALLY TILTED is CR*P, fraught with danger and confusion to pilots and should be done away with... Too many moving parts!

I'll bet it's that damned MCAS.

Typical, isn't it. You get a bunch of people in a room and everyone has the greatest idea to be integrated into the aircraft. And before you know it you have an overly complicated flying machine no one can recover with only seconds to spare.

I remember that flight off the coast of Calif. where the Alaska airlines with the horizontal stabilizer located at the TOP OF THE TAIL GOT ITS JACK SCREW STUCK. Aircraft wanted to CONSTANTLY LIFT so the aircraft COULD NOT DESCEND TO LAND. It flew till it ran out of gas then crashed into the ocean.

83 posted on 03/13/2019 5:50:17 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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