darthpanda
New Member
Re: Unlike Airbus, Boeing lets aviator override fly-by-wire
I think I'd rather have a pilot in charge of the final say; Machines can fail and we need a human brain to make a judgement call when that happens.
I do think fly by wire will open up flight to a lot of people that simply don't have the ability now. I know it might sound shocking, but imagine a day when the average person can get into an aircraft and fly around without worrying about collisions with other craft, obstacles, or the ground. It could take off, land, etc. Just direct it around and fly without worrying about navigating, etc. If you offload these worries to a system you may be able to facilitate this. Maybe.
I'm building a small "UAV" myself from off the shelf parts and writing the code for it and FBW is an interesting topic for me. I'd like to one day build an R/C airplane, a toy, that a kid could fly and be assured it will try it's best not to crash, so younger kids could take the controls and it will assist with avoiding the ground and stalling, etc.
I think I'd rather have a pilot in charge of the final say; Machines can fail and we need a human brain to make a judgement call when that happens.
I do think fly by wire will open up flight to a lot of people that simply don't have the ability now. I know it might sound shocking, but imagine a day when the average person can get into an aircraft and fly around without worrying about collisions with other craft, obstacles, or the ground. It could take off, land, etc. Just direct it around and fly without worrying about navigating, etc. If you offload these worries to a system you may be able to facilitate this. Maybe.
I'm building a small "UAV" myself from off the shelf parts and writing the code for it and FBW is an interesting topic for me. I'd like to one day build an R/C airplane, a toy, that a kid could fly and be assured it will try it's best not to crash, so younger kids could take the controls and it will assist with avoiding the ground and stalling, etc.