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Airbus just gives you a joystick with no force feedback at all. So yes ... but an entirely different philosophy. You tell the aircraft what you want it to do an
by upofadown 8y ago
Airbus just gives you a joystick with no force feedback at all. So yes ... but an entirely different philosophy. You tell the aircraft what you want it to do and it figures out how to do it. I suppose these recent events could be used as an argument against the idea of doing essentially fly by wire but then putting in a whole lot of extra stuff to make it seem that you are not doing fly by wire.
- cjbprime 8y agoNo, on Airbus the joystick still only moves the elevator, which has less control authority than the stabilizer, which is what trim controls.
- upofadown 8y agoIt normally moves both as required. A good explanation here: * https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/15268/how-does-trim-work-on-an-a320#15279 https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/15268/how-does-... Even if things degrade all the way down to "direct law" the pilot does not feel any aerodynamic force caused by the trim position. We are talking about two different interpretations of the word "authority". In the case of the incidents, the pilots were physically unable to overcome the simulated force for an extended time.
- cjbprime 8y agoThanks for the correction! Reading about this brought me to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Airways_Germany_Flight_888T https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Airways_Germany_Flight_88... with some similarities to the Ethiopian crash