OK.....you guys are getting me back into this mess.
stickyb -
How do you think speed and altitude are calculated? The give away phrase there is calculated, not measured. Yes, by a computer.
That's what the Pilot is for!
Unless you have a mechanical linkage all the way from the lever to the fuel valve, you have a computer in there somewhere.
Unless you have a mechanical linkage all the way from you feet to the rudder, there's a computer in there somewhere.
"My" airplane had all that AND cables to the elevator and ailerons as well!
Dysag -
Do they really imagine any manufacturer is going to provide full mechanical backup to something the size of an A380?
Who says we have to have such LARGE aircraft?!