Yeah, and as the force from the wind acting on the stabilizer increases exponentially with velocity, above a certain speed, it becomes impossible to move that wheel at all, no matter how strong you...

What I don’t get about this is that their backup plan for MCAS failure was to flip off the switches that provided power to the stabilizers and then turn a wheel to mechanically adjust them. However,...

Juan Browne is usually pretty accurate about things.

Exactly. And it seems like such a bullshit move that they would make it an extra cost option to have the light work. Incredible.

The other problem is there should be a way to disable the MCAS system without also disabling the electric motor assist. It doesn’t look like that is covered by the proposed software fix, although...

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Thank god Boeing lost that competition. Or we would have been stuck with the ugliest fighters ever.