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Old September 25th 06, 10:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Rudder for final runway alignment (?)

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.

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