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Old 27th Jul 2015, 21:28
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Piltdown Man
 
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I unable to comment on the types mentioned above but I can tell you about the Embraer 190. The rudder and elevator control is excellent. It goes exactly where you point it and as quickly as you expect. But the ailerons, put simply, are horrible. The aircraft has a superb rate of roll, but you can't use it. The main reason is that there is no force feedback apart from springs and their loading feels binary, complete with a "clunk" in the centre. As a result, it is difficult to fly the aircraft with any degree of accuracy in gusty weather. Rather ironically, these are not fully FBW but sort of cable controlled. The FBW elements are the roll spoilers.

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