THE VIDEO SHELF · 737 max mcas
Boeing 737 Stall Escape manoeuvre, why MAX needs MCAS!!
Mentour Pilot, a 737 instructor, explains the approach-to-stall and escape manoeuvre and why the 737 MAX needs MCAS while the 737NG did not. He covers the jackscrew and pitch behavior in terms a general viewer can follow.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people recommend it as an easy-to-understand pilot's explanation of the 737 MAX MCAS issue.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Mentour Pilot
- Topic
- 737 max mcas
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2020
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If you have 20-ish minutes to spare, I suggest this video about the same topic by Mentour Pilot who is a 737 NG captain: [VIDEO] It's not very technical, but very easy to understand. Assumes you have some basic aviation knowledge e.g. what a stall …
mastazi on Hacker News · 2019-03
In 737 Max Explanation by a Software Engineer> And of course, the main problem that the whole, entire airplane is unstable in the air. That's not really true. The airframe is fine, except it doesn't handle like a 737. MCAS was meant to make the MAX handle like a 737. Mentour Pilot, …
catalogia on Hacker News · 2020-02
In Boeing identifies new software problem on grounded 737 Max
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