Fly-by-wire

[ban-all-sheds]

From http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=59659#59659 - branched off here to avoid more off-topic stuff.

Now, the 777 has two of those engines. The A380 engines will be about as powerful, and there are 4 of them A380 is a manly plane. It's like comparing a Luton van with a Mack truck.

Apart from one vital matter of (literally) life and death. Neither a Luton nor a Mack truck are drive-by-wire:

http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/Institution/Risks/COPY/16.16.html#subj3

http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A320-Excalibur

http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A330-Toulouse

http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A340-Heathrow

http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A320-Warsaw

http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A320-Strasbourg

 

[pipme]

Maybe FlyNot by wire ! Pilot error surely !

Just enter airbus or whatever make .. all fields not obligatory.

search

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[kendor]

I normally fly by the seat of my pants!