2 ms·
And the reason they have this, is so that pilots can overcome a jam by breaking that linkage. Only half the plane will then be responding to the controls, but t
by Filligree 2y ago
And the reason they have this, is so that pilots can overcome a jam by breaking that linkage. Only half the plane will then be responding to the controls, but that's much better than none.
- WalterBright 2y agoThe rationale for this (I did some work on this system at Boeing) was that the pilots would not be fighting each other for control, they would be fighting a jam. Flight controls at the time were not designed for dealing with a crazy or malicious pilot.
- p_l 2y agoA stick to the head is the classic solution for a pilot going crazy on controls for whatever reasons. Sometimes the stick is not metaphorical.