"Gene Storey" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote
"BUFDRVR" wrote

No auto-rudder on the 757 when I retired from AA in 1993.

I have no reason to doubt you, just wondering what the hell Boeings
putting out in their literature. Does anyone with RB-211s have an auto
rudder system?

The 757 has an automatic YAW damper, as does the F-4, but the flight
control
changes you are describing are a 777 feature. You really need an
integrated
flight control computer to justify taking that much authority away from
the
operator. A FBW B-52 is cool with me, but it sounds a tad pricey.

I'm pretty sure the KC-135R has an auto-rudder, and it's a FBC
(fly-by-cable).

That would be expected, but in newer airliners, the operator is not really
supposed to even operate the rudder. That idea is of course only filtering
down to pilots after the
A-300 event at Rockaway. In the 135 the automatic YAW damper was much less
agressive than for the 757.

Although I've only been a passenger in one out of Altus, and that was in
89 :-)

The 757 is also fly by cable.