Originally Posted by
b1lanc
Salute gums
but having read AB's test plans for FBW, they learned a lot - even if they didn't learn everything.
Do you have a link for the Airbus Test Plan? I managed to find a link that looks interesting:
AIRBUS FLY-BY-WIRE: A TOTAL APPROACH TO DEPENDABILITY,
Is that the one you are talking about?
From the opening paragraphs
The first generation of electrical flight control systems with digital technology appeared on several civil aircraft at the start of the 1980’s including the Airbus A310. These systems control the slats‚ flaps and spoilers. These systems have very stringent safety requirements (in the sense that the runaway of these control surfaces is generally classified as Catastrophic and must then be extremely improbable). However‚ loss of a function is permitted‚ as the only consequences are a supportable increase in the crew’s workload.