MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago13 May 2024sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1459arrow-down16
arrow-up1453arrow-down1image13 May 2024sh.itjust.worksMrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareOpenStarslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoI AM pulling UP, but this is a Boeing, and every time I aim UP we somehow end up going DOWN!?!?
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoSadly this is almost true. The MAX needed the pilot to overcome the extra stick force the MCAS put in to actually pull up.
minus-squareNorgur@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoWhich is super weird because the threshold where MCAS would finally give up and let the pilot do some piloting for a change was ridiculously high (if it let go at all which is another fuckup)
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBut the instructor always said to use soft moves.
I AM pulling UP, but this is a Boeing, and every time I aim UP we somehow end up going DOWN!?!?
Sadly this is almost true. The MAX needed the pilot to overcome the extra stick force the MCAS put in to actually pull up.
Which is super weird because the threshold where MCAS would finally give up and let the pilot do some piloting for a change was ridiculously high (if it let go at all which is another fuckup)
But the instructor always said to use soft moves.