From: terje.mathisen@nospicedham.tmsw.no   
      
   George Neuner wrote:   
   > On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 11:08:30 +0200, Terje Mathisen   
   >> the problem   
   >> is that when it comes back on (automatically) it has also forgotten that   
   >> the tail surface as already been depressed, so as soon as it gets   
   >> another bad reading from the broken angle of attack sensor it will send   
   >> additional commands to further depress it, increasing the problem.   
   >   
   > Interesting ... that I hadn't heard.  That would be quickly fatal   
   > because the tail depresses 10 degrees with each activation.  Beyond 40   
   > degrees the attitude would be unrecoverable below ~10K ft.   
      
   I think that is wrong:   
      
   In the early stages, and in the papers sent to the FAA (?), the maximum   
   MCAS trim was supposed to be a 0.6 degree adjustment, but when this   
   turned out to be insufficient it was raised to 5 degrees. This last   
   value is well above what a slight pull on the yoke can correct for, right?   
      
   Terje   
      
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