I agree with Intruder
Newest version of Fly By Wire is automatic Trim. The computer calculates
control inputs needed for "level" (comfortable) Flight, and dinks the control surface before a Human can blink. It does what nearly every pilot tries to accomplish in Turbulence, but fails at. A completely FBW A/C cannot be controlled (hand flown) if the computer crashes, responses are too slow, thinking too long.
But I have a question about this Patented Wing. As I understand it, if the wing reacts "automatically" to load, and compensates by changing Angle of Incidence, what do I do as the Pilot? If I want to ascend in the thermal (updraft), I will have to put excess elevator (up) in to the airframe to counterract the wings insistence on gaining Airspeed. This excess Elevator will create additional Drag, destroying some of Nature's freebie, won't it?
Mr. Quokka, something interesting about the Patent Office: A new idea can be patented if it's new; it isn't necessary that it actually work.
Last edited by airfoilmod; 10th April 2008 at 00:28.