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Old 12th Aug 2011, 00:40
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This comment was from Airbus and as such I was commenting about Airbus FBW.

Airbus FBW flies the a/c for you with reference to G, ie it will keep whatever Attitude you set it at without your assistance . You don't really fly the a/c. The sidestick is just a quicker way of telling the automatics what you want.

Boeing FBW only tries to stop you from envelope excursions ( yes it has auto trim, compensates for Flap operation and back pressure in turns etc ) But you still need to fly the a/c just like a B17…

If you'd flown both Airbus and Boeing FBW like me then you'd already know that.

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