Plane engineers of ATOT, what would have been a better solution than MCAS for the 737 max?

[Captante]

Not designing a stall prone aircraft is not allowed

God damnit !!!

 

[JEDIYoda]

Rather than an automated system that points the aircraft towards the ground, what would be a better way to prevent stalls in a stall prone aircraft?

(Not designing a stall prone aircraft is not allowed)

Googlr stall proff plane. It will surprise you how hard it is to design a stall proof plane!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Any plane can be stall proof if it has enough thrust. Rockets are basically stall proof planes.

The answer is clearly more boosters.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Any plane can be stall proof if it has enough thrust. Rockets are basically stall proof planes.

The answer is clearly more boosters.

Its clear am muddy water!!
https://www.thebalancecareers.com/what-is-an-aircraft-stall-282603

 

[feralkid]

Boeing Gambled. And Lost.

 

[crashtech]

It's called the disengage autopilot switch on the right side of the instrument stack in front of the 1st officer. It is known as a sacred button where a pilot gets their wings. With said button disengaged the stick, rudder and throttle belong solely to the pilot in command.

Afaik, MCAS is not active unless autopilot is off, so the series of events may have included a false stall warning (AoA sensor malfunction) followed by automatic disengagement of the autopilot, followed then by MCAS activating and causing a runaway trim (nose down) condition accompanied by increased power.

If so, the initial indications prior to autopilot disengage may have suggested a recovery method that was the exact opposite of what was required. Combined with startle, this possibly could increase reaction time to the point where G loading would make the physical movements required to recover difficult or even impossible.