Originally Posted by
212man
Is that a valid comment? I’m sure it’s a lot easier to connect computers to a digital 4-axis AFCS than an unstabilised machine with purely mechanical controls. Could be wrong of course.
There are four push buttons on the center console (lower) that engage and disengage the degraded to full modes of the AFCS. KMAX, albeit not computerized, only needed electro-hydraulic servos to handle the flight controls, which requirement strikes me as a lot less complex in terms of creating a control system.
Also, to be clear, UH-60 Blackhawk is not FBW (even though that
horizontal stab is) although I imagine that they could figure out a way to make it one what with the lessons learned from Comanche.
IFMU: given your work on Cypher, I'll forego further comment.