Re Jack Carson’s post: there still aren’t detailed FBW regulations in either Part 29 or the attendant Advisory Circular. Therefore, if an applicant wants a certification, one goes the “ Special Conditions “ route, one fraught with minefields. Not impossible, of course, but it hardly adds anything of value to the process.
Re Post 73 and the link included. The impression provided by the article and its sources is uninformed with regard to the FBW subject.The S-92 FBW subsystem is supplied by BAE, who incidentally also supplied the FBW system for the V-22, 609, RAH-66, and 53K . And a list of FW aircraft.
SA also flew FBW systems on the X-2 and UH-60MU.
The first SA FBW system was the CH-54 rear facing pilot station in the 1960’s.
( Just for grins: local practice was that one did not get signed off as a Crane first pilot until demonstrating the ability to fly good traffic patterns while flying backward from the rear seat. Take-off from the ground to landing. ).