Originally Posted by
takata
Beside, there is few differences between combat aircraft flight envelope and airliners ones, as far as pure "flying abilities" are concerned.
Originally Posted by
Nick L
Ultimately the Airbus aircraft are aerodynamically conventional, so they should be stable and well within a pilot's ability to fly, even without computer compensation.
+1.
Let's no get confused : some military aircrafts (fighters, like F-16, M2000... but also bombers like the F-117 & B-2A) use the FBW
and are inherently unstable aerodynamically.
- This instability prevents the flight without the assistance of computers.
- This instability is chosen for various factors : better hard turn performance (fighters), better stealth (B-2 : flying wing, no VS)
On the other hand, and
AFAIK, civilian aircrafts (for pax)
MUST be stable aerodynamically (certification). Which means that sould the computers not being available, the pilots are able to fly without them. That's the purpose of the other-than-normal-laws of the Airbus FBW, isn't it ?
I stand to be corrected, should I have forgot/misunderstood some important point.