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gums
Salute!
In the 'bus, there is a last ditch feature called "direct law". So even if the AoA data and air data is FUBAR, your stick movement will command control surface movement at some default ratio. It's like the cable/pulley/pushrod stuff our 737 golden arms talk about. It's like your auto power steering as far as you can tell. And the 'bus is more aerodynamically capable of meetinfg the cert requirements due to its basic design, unlike the new 737 MAX.
Gums.....
First of all thanks for your posts, I found them very instructive.
i have a question that has been in my mind for very long. Does any other commercial airframe needs a software patch to pasd a certification requirement? Or to a certain extent certification was designed with software patches as remedies?