FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - B737 Max : CAA bans from UK airspace; Comair aircraft grounded
Old Mar 13, 2019 | 8:30 am
  #171  
mnhusker
All eyes on you!
5 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: American Life Time 2 Million Mile Platinum
Posts: 556
Software update is only part of the issue.

737Max has left and right Angle of attack sensors (I have read that A320 has three AOA sensors). If one gives and erroneous reading, the MCAS defaults to it where with A320, with one erroneous reading it checks with the other two and goes with the two that agree. By the way two sensors is inherently STUPID! How do you know which one is giving the "erroneous" reading? This is clearly a design flaw leading to a single point failure mode with MCAS software.

To completely solve the issue (erroneous AOA input), Boeing needs to go to three AOA sensors and modify the software to demand elimination of the outlier seniors input.
mnhusker is offline