Originally Posted by BOAC
RAW DATA is 'un-mediated', or as close as you can get. It means NOT having complex computer programmes deciding which input to the system is the one/s we will 'accept'.
If that is so, taken literally, then most modern airplanes don't feed any raw data to either cockpit instruments or flight controls. It is thoroughly massaged.
Originally Posted by BOAC
If you are suggesting that some damn wiggly amps are 'mediating' on those basic values then I think it is time to stop software development
Yes, I thought I was disturbing the sewing club. Concerning the raw data in the QF72 incident, the PRIMs didn't filter it, and thereby caused the altitude excursions that turned a flight into an accident.
PBL