Cable vs Fly-by-wire
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Plane Down in Hudson River - NYC and
Airbus crash/training threads there is much talk about the good and bad with FBW. Every time an accident/incident happens with a FBW aircraft, this discussion always comes up. Perhaps a seperate thread dealing with "Cable vs FBW" might be in order.
Myself, I'm a "cable guy". I've always like the idea of being "connected" to whatever it is I'm doing, whether it be flying airplanes, driving a car, truck, or boat. The idea of electric signals being sent to some computer that has to think about what it is I'm trying to accomplish, and then sending that signal to some other computer to actuate some other device, to me seems absurd. Granted this can all be done in a split second supposedly, but it still isn't a mechanical link. I dread the day that FBW gets into the automotive, or maritime industry. If someone will prove to me that FBW is safer than cable, perhaps I'll "come of age".
OK, I've started this thing. Does anyone care to continue it?
