Is sidestick the way of the future
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side stick versus control coloumb
Interconnected side sticks would be my preferred configuration.
Having one hand on the side stick and the other hand on the throttles is very natural.
In cockpits with control coulombs you must make a transition (in our SOPs no later than 1000' AGL) and now fly a wheel with one hand.
Driving a car with one hand is not as safe a driving with 2 hands.
A minor drawback of the control coulomb is a tendency by a few pilots to use the CC as a car wheel on the ground to correct for side slip after landing.
Don't laugh, I have seen it in the sim many times.
Having one hand on the side stick and the other hand on the throttles is very natural.
In cockpits with control coulombs you must make a transition (in our SOPs no later than 1000' AGL) and now fly a wheel with one hand.
Driving a car with one hand is not as safe a driving with 2 hands.
A minor drawback of the control coulomb is a tendency by a few pilots to use the CC as a car wheel on the ground to correct for side slip after landing.
Don't laugh, I have seen it in the sim many times.
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There is a modern relevancy in that Bombardier's new C-Series airliners have also gone with a sidestick system. Their sales blurb makes the point that the FBW control system has "full pilot authority", but from a purely technical standpoint, so does the Airbus system - even with full protections active in Normal Law it will comply with the pilot's commands as best it can while remaining inside the safe flight envelope.
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I like the side stick but feel safer using a conventional yoke , especially during a cross wind landing.
Manually flown Visual approaches in an airbus are not as fun as one in a Boeing.
Manually flown Visual approaches in an airbus are not as fun as one in a Boeing.