Originally Posted by
GordonR_Cape
AFAIK the B737 elevator feel computer is a hydraulic mechanism, not an electronic system. Reverse engineering it would create many more certification obstacles than it would solve. It would also be like adding FBW to an aircraft never designed for it. Oh wait, haven't we been down this road before...
One can imagine they found it easier to just add some code to the STS, no hardware etc.
And yet, moving the stabilizer just to correct a control column
feel issue....
When one thinks the
stick-nudger solution had already been implemented in some airplanes...