On Jan 10, 8:43 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
george wrote in news:df5c7fac-837e-4313-b2b5-a0bc3f04f011
@d70g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

On Jan 10, 8:16 am, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:05:43 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote in :

Manual reversion is primitive in a 'bus, but adequate for the task.

Are you implying that there is a physical link between the flight
controls and the control surfaces?

Oh lord no.
We pray toward the right and the aircraft responds by turning right.
It would be blasphemy to have a connection between controls and
control surfaces.

The rudder and the stab are both stil physically ( hydraulics) attached to
the flight controls. Crews are trained to land the airplane using these
alone.
It hasn't had to be done for real yet.

It'll happen
I'm still considering the statement about flight controls that do not
connect to the control surfaces.
Almost good enough for a sig