Originally Posted by
tdracer
Boeing doesn't "backdrive" the thrust levers on any of their airplanes - it moves the throttle to obtain the desired thrust
Obviously you know better than I, but I was under the impression that the T7 and later had a more software-driven architecture.
But to call that back-drive s/w more complex than the entire A320 flight control system is dubious at best.
It has to be, because the variables involved and the interactions between them are that much more complex. The Airbus system was first specified in 1982. Taking the inputs from the PFC and applying them such that the load on the aircraft does not exceed the limitations is much simpler to implement than progressively increasing contrary load to the PFC via servos.
Which is all pretty much irrelevant to discussion at hand which is about the A320 vs. 737 (of course the 737 doesn't have FBW)
Agreed, and I did kinda make that point - the poster was talking about Boeing in general, and I was providing counterpoint.