Originally Posted by A33Zab
Tactile feedback
JD-EE:
In normal situations the 'feedback' will be noticed by PNF.
If PF SS input is 1G climb (ANU), PNF will experience a 1G climb and knows PF pulled the stick (not to the max).
What you are suggesting is an interconnection with both SS (Bus bar or by Electric synchronisation) and in abnormal situations you want to disconnect this synch.
A lot of engineering ahead for a feature which will be of -no use- most of the time.
There is a visual indication of resultant SS inputs on PFD on ground.
mm43 post:
AF447 Thread No. 3
And as Dozy has commented, it's more hardware to fail. And failures, without very clever mechanical design, could be very bad failures.
In my sour moods I start asking, "Why does the A330 have any pilots at all?" Then two things come to mind. That would require more computer than was available in '386 days and pilots really have saved the A300 from bad conditions in the past. I still get the impression that some means to better integrate the pilots with the plane itself rather than via an automation condom might be worthwhile. Alas, nobody seems to agree on a way to do this which will not actually reduce the aircraft's reliability.