Originally Posted by
swampqueen
Could the fly by wire systems be called into question?
I would say everything is on the table until evidence starts to narrow it down - such as whatever is recorded on the CPI. I'm not sure why you would single out FBW? It may not be present in civilian helicopters but it has been in the NH90 which first flew in 1995, and was in the Comanche which first flew in 1996, so is not new technology for Rotary Wing. The latter built by Boeing and Sikorsky - the former with FW FBW experience (at that time B777) and the latter no doubt using the Comanche experience to inform some of the design of the Cyclone system.