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Considering the level of fly-by-wire that goes into airframes nowadays, I could certainly see such features added to older airframes through flight-software upd
by Rooster61 8y ago
Considering the level of fly-by-wire that goes into airframes nowadays, I could certainly see such features added to older airframes through flight-software updates after they are already in service. I have no idea if that's how it's done in the field, though.
- bluGill 8y agoSoftware updates are done. However the manufacture has to recertify the airplane with the FAA first. This is expensive, requiring months of testing and a lot of paperwork. Each plane model getting the update needs to be re-certified, it isn't good enough to say that it works on this other model even if the planes are identical for purposes of that software.