Have just flown Ryanairs 737 max 8200 and its quite an interesting plane! I would definitely avoid seat 27D though (where I was sitting) as the cabin crew jump seat eats into the space and you feel somewhat claustrophobic. There's also no reading lights, ventilation or call button for 27C or 27D!
You have many misconceptions about the max.. for example retracting flaps mid-air after take-off is a normal procedure that all aircraft pilots must do, as flaps increase lift thus shortening the take-off distance, and after take-off there is no use for them anymore until approach. When they shut down the engines and retracted the flaps after landing is nothing unusual and normal so the ground crew could operate safely and quickly
Of course it’s normal to retract flaps after take off. I didn’t say it was unusual - what I did suggest though is that I believe it was in this phase of flight the two sad MAX accidents happened and the MCAS went mad. As for flap retraction after engine shut down I’ve never seen that before….always seen them being retracted before the aircraft has reached parking and before Engine shut down.I was surprised there is enough pressure in the system to do this with engines not running.
I flew on a Buzz Air Max a couple of days ago and the captain gave a 5 minute talk mid flight on what a 737 MAX8200 is and why its different. No secrets. Loved the aircraft though.
Hi as a COVID flight I didn’t move around too much and have never filmed things like the cabin or other passengers. Cabin was similar to the latest on the RYR 800’s, thin seats etc but bigger luggage bins. Toilets are rear - really different, instead of the cubicle types left and right at the rear two toilets sit on the back bulkhead essentially, the “galley” and a push sliding door contraption lets you in. Almost feels like you are peeing in to the tail & APU of the plane. Not nice for the cabin crew either as their seats are literally next to the WC doors.
In fairness it was probably normal after flying it myself in the sim, there was a lot of speed brake action though which led me to believe it was a relatively late descent.
@@M20RUM Speedbrakes doesn't always mean a late descent, ATC may have requested that they descended to be level by a waypoint and therefore needed extra drag to get down. Also climb out and flap retraction was not the causable issue during the MAX accidents, please do your research before publishing this online.
The 737 NG as well as the MAX has an electrical hydraulic system that works with or without running engines. It is powered by the APU at that time. The APU can´t provide as much power as the engines, that´s why it is retracting at a slower rate. I guess the Pilots were too busy to retract them earlier.
Seems like with the flap retraction on arrival they retracted them as the engines were shutting down. On the 737 hydraulic system B runs the flaps so engine 2 or the electric pump. I guess in this case engine 2 wound down and the pump lost pressure and the flaps slowed until it hit the limit of the electric pump that was still on as some operators leave electric B on for turnarounds.
Thanks that’s great info! What with pretty much vacating on to the apron there was basically no taxi time, do the leaps have less of a thermal cool down time too?