Originally Posted by
justinbrett
My understanding of the system is that is a failsafe. The COG changes for every flight depending on the load, you don't need a system to account for that. The system is designed to auto-correct the angle of attack if put in a stall position. As it turns out, it may have made the problem worse as the pilots may have overcorrected once the aircraft started moving itself.
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my understanding is more in line with Lux Flyer.
That the plane would handle quite differently under certain flight conditions than a 737NG (primarily related to the size/placement/shape of the MAX engines, whose housings apparently generate incremental lift at high angles of attack, which would push the nose up more and eventually result in a stall), and in order to not require pilots to get new certifcation on this new type, they came up with the system to compensate and make the aircraft behave more similarly to a NG.