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Wade Hasbrouck writes:
Which misses the point of my statement... "What do you do if the autopilot does not disengage or is 'jammed'?" Which misses the point of my statement: With an autopilot, you have a button that normally disengages it. And that normally works, even when the rest of the autopilot fails. With fly-by-wire, you have nothing; if the FBW system fails, you hit the side of a mountain, or the ground. There is no button that disengages FBW. The first two letters in FADEC stand for "full authority," meaning you can't override it. You need to be familiar with "What are you going to do if it does not disengage or is 'jammed'?" I know there are some procedures to follow for this situation, but not familiar with them as the planes I fly do not have an autopilot. FBW doesn't need any such procedures, since there is no way to disengage FBW. If it fails, you're doomed ... simple. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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