Boeing 737 Unable to Trim!! Cockpit video (Full flight sim)

Why HN readers recommended it

HN pointed to it during the 737 MAX discussions to show how hard manual trim is when severely out of trim.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Mentour Pilot

Topic

boeing 737 stabilizer trim

Format

demo

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

14

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2022

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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• Well, the "Stabilizer wheel - grasp and hold" item of the procedure doesn't necessarily mean the crew will be able to override it. That's the last ditch option on the checklist, when everything else has failed, even turning the motors off (there could be e.g. …

• This video by a 737-NG captain shows the kind of forces you get: [VIDEO] It is not MAX but the systems are identical. That's why it is so essential to recognize and stop the runaway trim (for whatever reason) ASAP or you could get into …

• Depends on the aircraft. Some modern jetliners are using fly-by-wire, while others have hydraulically-boosted controls. Some still rely on cable-and-pulley. Either way, as I understand, it wouldn't matter with the MCAS-related MAX aircraft crashes. The elevator trim is able to move the entire elevator (literally, …