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Old 20th Jan 2008, 05:27
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pasoundman
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Are the power levers PHYSICLY connected to the engines as in a conventional non fly-by-wire aircraft or is it inline with Airbus and just sends a signal to computer that then decides if you really did want a power change or not ?
The engines are FADEC controlled.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FADEC

That means no physical connection, just an electronic data signal.

FADEC system itself is not FBW although FBW aircraft use it. You can have a 'conventional' aircraft and fit FADEC engines. It's the norm these days. It's simply another, better - usually ! :-( way to control an engine.