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Old 13th Feb 2019, 12:57
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Timmy Tomkins
 
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Originally Posted by Smythe
Part of the certification was required to provide this software, as the aircraft becomes unstable in certain conditions to to the increased size and weight of the engines.
So basically design an unstable aircraft and then use gizmos to make it flyable; what kind of philosophy is that? OK Military fighters are designed that way with fly by wire b ut they are doing a different job with very different risk tolerance levels; for a major manufacturer of passenger aircraft to do this is highly questionable.
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