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Boeing’s latest 737 Max jets have been grounded in several countries including the United States following the recent crash of Ethiopian Airlines. It was the second hull loss of the 737 Max 8 after the Lion Air crash merely six months ago. This has prompted concerns about a particular safety feature on the aircraft which additional data shows might have been the cause in both incidents, though a concrete link between the two hasn’t been officially established. A new report suggests that Boeing’s safety analysis of this new feature was flawed.
The suspected link between both crashes is the new MCAS system on this airplane. The system has been developed to push the aircraft’s nose done if the Angle of Attack sensor indicates that the jet is approaching stall (losing aerodynamic lift). Similar systems are used in more commercial aircraft to prevent stall but it’s believed that the MCAS may have been triggered accidentally in both incidents due to faults with the AOA sensors.
According to the Seattle Times, Boeing’s original safety report for the feature mentioned that the MCAS could move horizontal stabilizer a maximum of 0.6 degrees. It only told airlines after the Lion Air crash that the MCAS could actually push the stabilizer by 2.5 degrees. That’s half of the physical maximum. The company reportedly increased the limit because it found in flight tests that a more powerful correction was needed to counter an impending stall.
“The FAA believed the airplane was designed to the 0.6 limit, and that’s what the foreign regulatory authorities thought, too,” an unnamed engineer told the scribe. It’s further claimed that Boeing didn’t account for the fact that the system could reset itself after the pilots manually intervened. This would allow MCAS to keep pushing the nose down which would result in a sudden loss of altitude. Boeing and the FAA also allowed the MCAS system to be activated by a single AOA sensor instead of two.
Black box data from the Lion Air crash showed that the system could have essentially been working against the pilots. The faulty sensor resulted in MCAS initially trying to push the plane’s nose down and even though the pilots tried to regain manual control by press an override switch and pulling back on the controls, the system constantly pushed the nose down with the high 2.5 degree limit. Just two activation cycles could have pushed the nose all the way down resulting in the aircraft crashing into the sea at over 500 miles per hour.
Since an investigation is ongoing, Boeing didn’t respond to the report in the Seattle Times, but did maintain that “there are some significant mischaracterizations.”
Boeing’s 737 Max Safety Analysis Was Reportedly Flawed
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Tesla recently unveiled its Model Y crossover SUV and also teased another vehicle that many of its fans have long been waiting for. The company’s CEO Elon Musk has previously said that Tesla will build an all-electric pickup truck and he did share a teaser of it on Twitter. The teaser didn’t reveal much but it was enough to send the fanbase into a speculation frenzy.
Tesla had actually shown the image on a screen for several seconds after the Model Y launch but it seemed like nobody paid much attention to it. So Musk tweeted it out later and that got a lot of attention right away, as Musk’s tweets tend to do.
Musk has described the unannounced vehicle as a “cyberpunk” truck that’s inspired by Blade Runner. There aren’t a lot of details about it available right now as you’d expect and the teaser itself makes it difficult to understand what part of the vehicle it’s teasing.
Many of Tesla’s fans have used this teaser to build 3D models of what they expect the pickup to look like. Since the part seems to be too long for the hood, there’s a belief among fans that it may be showing off the cover for the enclosed cargo space in the front. Other suggest that the angle is misleading and it may be teasing the actual front of the truck itself.
Only Tesla knows what the teaser really shows, and it won’t be telling us that for a considerable amount of time.
Tesla Pickup Truck Teaser Sends Fanbase Into Frenzy
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Microsoft operates an Insider program for a lot of its software products such as Windows and it has now decided to do the same for one of its most popular titles, Halo. Players who are interested in testing Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC will now be able to sign up for the Halo Insider Program to test all of the games across PC and console.
“Join us on the journey to bring Halo: The Master Chief Collection to PC,” the Halo team posted on Twitter, adding that “The Halo Insider Program is the new way you can partner with us to help improve our games via feedback and hands-on public flighting.”
Even though it’s being promoted with the PC launch of the collection, players can sign up for the Insider program on the Halo Waypoint website and decide whether they want to try it out on just PC or console or both.
Halo Insiders will have the opportunity to regularly provide feedback and insights which will help the development team make meaningful improvements. This will also be valuable for the future of Halo as a franchise. Program members will also be given exclusive opportunities to participate in public releases of in-progress Halo games.
Microsoft Launches The Halo Insider Program
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