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Old 7th January 2008 | 13:32
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Dan Winterland
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From: Blighty
Although the FBW busses have a different control philosophy, one thing that people who have flown them agree on is that the don't feel much different to conventional aircraft. In fact, they have a couple of advantages. First, they are very stable. Second, they don't require trimming. And there is a popular misconception that the side stick takes a bit of getting used to. About 15 minutes seems to be enough - usually!

There is of course the snag there is no connection between the sticks. But that is the case in any phase of flight -just as much in the landing as an approach to a basket. It hasn't caused many problems so far!

A nice jet to fly - as the PPRuNer will discover.
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