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The F-35 took like 25 years and a staggering amount of billions to develop...

• oblio 3y ago
  Fly by wire has been a thing since the 80s, F-18 IIRC. At some point we'll have drive by wire, it just makes sense.
  • jojobas 3y ago
    This doesn't necessarily follow. Planes became pressurized and got oxygen masks, it's very unlikely that cars ever do. Having steel cables and/or hydraulic lines for the 4-6 dimensions of aircraft controls adds up to some serious extra weight worth fighting for on a plane, while one steel rod might never be more problematic than the heap of problems its absence creates. As long as the steering wheel is there it might as well be connected to the rack, forever.
    • oblio 3y ago
      EVs can have multiple motors and those motors can be very close to wheels, maybe even inside wheels. It stops making sense to have a bunch of rods zigzagging everywhere.
      • jojobas 3y ago
        Motors have nothing to do with this, you still have to have the suspension struts, and the wheels still have to be mechanically linked by the tie rod and usually the sway bar. Also inside the wheels makes no sense at all, google unsprung weight.