Originally Posted by WillDAQ
This wouldn't happen to be a project with significant industrial involvement from a certain UK/Italian based manufacturer by any chance?
Er, not that I'm aware of. Care to expand?
Originally Posted by WillDAQ
(2) Don't rely on high tech solutions for certification. You should be able to switch off all of your clever assistance systems and still provide the pilot with basic if degraded controls. The point being that you then don't have to certify all the clever stuff to the same standards of criticality. Eliminating the rudder pedals is not a good idea.
I do understand your position, but we are encouraged to look ahead and not simply do what has been done before - anyone can copy - just to get an aircraft certified.
If we cannot dream a little, come up with new ideas and then analyse them drawing a conslusion based on solid research and engineering then we aren't really 'masters' of our science, and have fallen short of earning an MSc.
