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Old 20th Dec 2009, 04:58
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opherben
 
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"Actually, thanks to the FBW system they DIDN'T stall the aircraft."


While I am on the controls flying an airplane, I do not want anything computerised to intervene in any of the 3 control channels (except in case of a structural issue such as the A310 tail shearing at KJFK due to yaw overcontrol. That system wasn't designed properly in the first place.)

I know how to fly at maximum angle at attack and beyond and do not want any engineer to override my decisions and inputs, because I am there at the heart of a developing situation and know better what is the best course of action. Let alone change the way the aircraft responds to control inputs because certain conditions the designer believed right had occured (automatic switching of control laws). That may be good for Mr Spock but not me, a simple but educated human.
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