uplinker said
On Airbus sidesticks, there is a small oval panel at the top secured by two screws. It appears to have no function, except as a place to rest one's thumb.
It seems to me that this panel could be replaced by a vibrating element, like that found in mobile phone batteries - to give tactile feedback to a pilot that his plane is stalling. The logic to identify the stall already exists - to give the "stall stall" warning, so one only needs to use that to energise a vibrating element in the side stick to create a haptic attention getter - like that of a stick shaker.
From this mere SLF-
what a great idea.
Why doesn't everyone join in and send letter or petition to Airbus re this
elegant solution- perhaps it could be patented. I use the vibrate on my cell phone in my pocket and it does get my attention. IMHO a heavy duty version set at a freq which would NOT interfere with electronics tied to stick, etc would be ' relatively' simple to check and perhaps incorporate or retrofit.
But it wont happen until enough pros jump up and down and
SHAKE THE BCRATS INTO ACTION