Re: Future of Electronics In Aviation

On 2008-06-20, Le Chaud Lapin <jaibuduvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Fly by wire is pretty pointless on the kinds of planes we fly, it's
>> adding complexity where none is needed and steel cables and pulleys are
>> pretty reliable in airplanes, and pushrods to the swash plate in a
>> helicopter seem very reliable too. Changing those to electronics would
>> have pretty much zero benefit in a light airplane or helicopter (and
>> some significant disadvantages).
>
> I disagree.
>
> For XC flights, a computer can do a far better job optimizing fuel
> efficiency, for example, by controlling control surfaces dynamically
> during flight.  A computer can also minimize the effects of
> turbulence, by reactively changing the same control surfaces
> dynamically.

But what you're describing is FADEC and autopilots, and they already
exist. You still don't need fly by wire; all you've described is a fancy
autopilot. I suspect it'll also have rather less effect on turbulence
than you expect, or Airbus would have done it.

> -Le Chaud Lapin-

....in French, meaning 'The *** maniac', literally 'the hot rabbit'. The
French have such a way with words!

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