Originally Posted by
joeyE
Well according to your post, it seems like Boeing actually did spend money.... to conduct years of experimenting.
In reality, the MAX had many aerodynamic improvements, including split-tip winglets, airframe modifications and re-engining.
The term ‘Frankenstein’ is not helpful here & does not progress the discussion forward.
MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System), seemingly at the root of these two crashes, was necessary because the plane was inherently unbalanced when they put larger, more modern engines on a 50+ year old airframe design.
I think its a valid point to question whether it would have been better to just design an entirely new plane.