[KennyBlanken]

No? MCAS was necessary because Boeing made the plane aerodynamically unstable.

They did so because of pressure to compete against superior Airbus offerings, and because a new airframe (the proper solution) would have been a huge undertaking and airlines wouldn't like it because they'd have to get pilots certified on the new airframe.

Boeing then did not implement sufficient redundancy in the system, proper warning annunciators, training, documentation, etc. Many pilots had no idea the system existed.

There are similarities, however. A large part of the reason Tesla has so many problems is because Musk decreed that radar was too expensive and discontinued installing them, forcing the system to rely on stereo camera vision.

Even worse: Tesla disabled the radar systems in older cars because they didn't want the older cars to be more capable - it would be a very inconvenient way for the public, press, and regulators to see how deficient the camera-only approach was.

[ericd]

Not sure why you’re talking about the deficiencies of the model sans radar throughout the thread, I haven’t noticed any degradation - on the contrary, the performance is better now than when the car was new a few years back. Do you have a statistically backed source for this, or is this based on media/hearsay?

[tzs]

> MCAS was necessary because Boeing made the plane aerodynamically unstable

It's not aerodynamically unstable. MCAS was required because in certain parts of the flight envelope outside of normal operation the pull-force feel of the control column was lighter than during normal operation. The FAA regulations require it to be heavier.