How safe is (airbus) fly by wire? Airbus A330/340 and A320 family emergency AD
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I'd hoped that the winking smiley on the end of the paragraph (not to mention that the paragraph itself was entirely off-topic) would be a clue that I wasn't being entirely serious...
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This could also be coloured by my soft spot for the BAC 1-11 (which I thought was a lovely design and built like it was hewn from granite but let down by the choice of engine).
An attempt to re engine with the Tay later on did not come to fruition.
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There was a popular bit of piloting scuttlebutt that said the DC9 had the same "oomph" with an engine out that the 1-11 had with both working...
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Go-arounds
Yes, the One-Eleven-500 (the stretch) was ill-suited to operate charters out of Spain to the UK in the summer. Using the Spey’s water injection increased the RTOW by less than 400kg, IIRC, and meant loading about 120kg (?) of de-mineralised water. Overall improvement in available payload: 2or 3 pax. And after my time they even throttled it with a useless hush-kit...
TTex600,
Earlier on this thread we were discussing go-arounds, and the natural pitch-up tendency of aircraft with under-slung jet engines as G/A thrust is applied. (This tendency is, as you know, eliminated on Airbus FBW a/c in pitch-normal and pitch-alternate laws, but not in direct law.)
The 1-11 and its big brother, the VC10, gave little pitch-up because of their tail-mounted engines. Can you comment on the DC9, and if possible compare it with any under-slung jets you’ve flown with conventional flight controls?
TTex600,
Earlier on this thread we were discussing go-arounds, and the natural pitch-up tendency of aircraft with under-slung jet engines as G/A thrust is applied. (This tendency is, as you know, eliminated on Airbus FBW a/c in pitch-normal and pitch-alternate laws, but not in direct law.)
The 1-11 and its big brother, the VC10, gave little pitch-up because of their tail-mounted engines. Can you comment on the DC9, and if possible compare it with any under-slung jets you’ve flown with conventional flight controls?
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Originally Posted by DozyWannabe
Development and refinement of the FBW systems has continued significantly in the 24 years since the aircraft went into service,but therearelimitsto how much can be altered with the A320 itself without breaking type commonality.