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Huh, fascinating. I remember reading a Star Wars novel ages ago in which they said that one of the things that made Luke Skywalker a good pilot was that he slig
by QuercusMax 8y ago
Huh, fascinating. I remember reading a Star Wars novel ages ago in which they said that one of the things that made Luke Skywalker a good pilot was that he slightly detuned his craft's inertial compensators (or whatever the Star Wars version is) so he could feel how the craft responded. Didn't realize that was actually based on real life driving/flying!
- bmelton 8y agoThe common complaint against "new" vehicles and their drive-by-wire systems is that they functionally act as inertial compensators, dampening road feel. If the roads were perfect, you wouldn't necessarily want them (day to day), because it diminishes the minute vibrations that make their way up to the pedals, into the steering wheel, etc., and those things give you feedback into what the car is doing that are invaluable. Of course, the roads aren't perfect, and most of us aren't doing high-performance driving on them, and we don't need anywhere near that degree of feel, so the benefits of driving by wire far outweigh the cons of analog driving.