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The systems prevent you from flying outside of the flight envelope, not from smashing the plane into the ground. Of course you can crash if you want, but the pl

The systems prevent you from flying outside of the flight envelope, not from smashing the plane into the ground. Of course you can crash if you want, but the plane will still be within the flight envelope.

Stevvo 5y ago
Not true for Boeing airliners; keep pulling back on the yoke of a Boeing, and it will stall just like any other aircraft.
- vultour 5y ago
  Possibly, I'm mostly familiar with Airbus. I thought the newer 787s were more FBW-ish.