Originally Posted by
High Wing Drifter
Hi Matt,
I thought all commercial transport aircraft had to have a system of manual reversion. For the Airbus I understood this to be non FBW rudder and trim. If the CofG is as far back as you say, makes this CofA requirement appear as just a box ticked .
I think the airbus get around this somewhat by having multiply redundant systems, with separate control runs, power sources etc.
I'm not saying that the C of G is so far back as to be completely uncontrollable if necessary, but that the workload to maintain control would be excessive in normal flight.