nobody wrote:

Pete wrote:
I thought that was one of the main advantages of fly-by-wire systems,
to eliminate truly stupid actions of pilots. Sounds like Airbus shares
a lot of blame for the crash.

The A300-600 is not fly by wire. It is a 1970s plane updated to some extent
in the 1980s.

And I have been told that because rudders are so rarely used in
flight.............

You're not a friend of John Tarver are you ? He insisted that rudders on big
jets were *purely* yaw dampers.


that Airbus didn't actually make it "smart" with software to restrict movement

depending on airplane's speed etc on its FBW planes.

Note that similar rudder use on Boeing planes would also cause the tail to
break off.

After the accident, I hear that Boeing issued a similary advisory to Airbus
regarding use of rudder.


Graham