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Old 30th October 2011 | 16:58
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DozyWannabe
 
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Nah, I suspect that stage will be skipped and they'll go straight to brain-mapped control, which if it keeps advancing at it's current rate will probably be plausible in about 30-50 years.

Although this is off-topic silliness, in all seriousness the idea that the sidesticks offer as little resistance as a common-or-garden home analogue controller is completely incorrect - these are industrial-grade, certified components (I've never flown an Airbus, but we visited a Level D A320 sim with Uni - not that I was on that course mind, but a friend sneaked me along for the day).
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