Originally Posted by
DozyWannabe
@ChristiaanJ - the A320 did in fact have Gordon Corps.
Sorry, I know the name, but I thought he was Servanty's British counterpart. I'll do some Googling.
Also, MS Flight Sim provides a rough-and-ready simulation of everything from single-engined Cessnas (where feedback is appropriate) to the A380 (where it arguably isn't such a big deal). When the force-feedback on a computer joystick or yoke malfunctions or dies, you can hit Alt-F4, get up from your chair, go to the sotre and get a replacement. If force-feedback were to go wrong at 35,000ft your options are more limited.
I get your point.... but as I said, I can't remember any serious issues with the mechanics of the Concorde artificial feel, which was a lot more complicated than the force feedback on an MS joystick.
My point being, really, that implementing
reliable force feedback on an
aircraft sidestick is no more difficult than what we did over 40 years ago.
And if one 'dies', there's always the other side.....