Fly by wire is simply the lack of mechanical linkages to a control surface, you have FADEC or ECC for thrust control. It's the laws (C* or C*u) that govern the behaviour of a machine, there's a huge difference.
Please DONT have automatic vertical thruster compensation for gravity.
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Fly by wire is simply the lack of mechanical linkages to a control surface, you have FADEC or ECC for thrust control. It's the laws (C* or C*u) that govern the behaviour of a machine, there's a huge difference.
But that requires the ships to have aerodynamic surfaces (they don't, they are bricks) and there to be an atmosphere (there isn't, at least yet)
Yeah, FA on/off style, but we'll see soon enough... hopefully.
Should make for some very interesting combat tactics
Sure, but it is often used somewhat interchangeably, though technically not correct.
Should make for some very interesting combat tactics
Agreed. Interesting and rather fun, I would think.
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No it doesn't, aircraft pitch up to maintain level flight due to angle of attack against airflow, the ship apparently will use pitch to angle main thrusters. We'll see how it works when the beta rolls out.
I'm thinking (hoping) will we have a sweet spot between pitch attitude and main thruster output to maintain level flight, lower main thruster output = higher pitch attitude to compensate. It's either that or we have to constantly hold upwards thrust (or the ship auto compensates)
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OP, it's called flight assist off and it should remain optional. Not all of us use dual joystick configurations, most people use digital buttons for lateral thrust and can't control it precisely.
I hope it's a control that can be toggled.
Must ask OP - why are you making this plea on the morning of the day when the Horizons Beta should have gone live? Bit late in the day of you ask me!
Must ask OP - why are you making this plea on the morning of the day when the Horizons Beta should have gone live? Bit late in the day of you ask me!
I too would like to have some level of skill required to counter gravity (and air resistance in future) when landing. BUT it would be odd if you crash your ship half the time when landing manually while it will quite smartly land at your feet on auto-pilot when you call it back from your SRV.
Well it's a little more involved then that. Technically full authority digital engine control, controls all peramiters of the engine essentially doing away with the old way of having pilots turn about 20 different swtiches at any time during a flight for engine control and management.
Fly by wire allows aircraft to make adjustments in flight that would be almost impossibly for a human to make. A good example of this is military fighter aircraft cruising at high altitudes, the flight controls are making very sharp and fine movements in flight that the pilots can't even feel thru the flight controls.
So essentially, Fly By Wire , and FADEC takes the "human factor" out of the equation.
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That's not FBW Slick, you are describing a flight control law - eg, Normal,Alternate, Direct law. Honestly mate, research the subject, people seem to be getting confused between flight control laws and fly by wire.
My comment on EEC & FADEC was more to do with the automatic thrust control, for example ground idle, approach idle, bleed air correction etc etc
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Nope, a lot more alcohol and woman around.. Surprised my old man stayed married for so long.
With a little more then 15 years flying and maintaining aircraft, I think I know what I'm taking about
Fly by wire is direct electronic control of all control peramiters of the aircraft, aircraft like the Falcon 7X and Gulfstream 650 have no mechanical linkage to any flight control surface. Computers and wire bundles control everything, the pilots input is nothing more then a "mother may I" input. If the aircraft feels that the pilots controls are incorrect or danger the safety of the aircraft, it's will over ride the pilots input, I.e if the pilots tried to intentionally stall the aircraft.
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Y'all arguing in a speculation/concern thread.
Y'all arguing in a speculation/concern thread.
Not arguing at all, I would call it educating
Typical that I pick the career with the least amount of women - ever been to a software developers conference? *cries himself to sleep*
With a little more then 15 years flying and maintaining aircraft, I think I know what I'm taking about
Fly by wire is direct electronic control of all control peramiters of the aircraft, aircraft like the Falcon 7X and Gulfstream 650 have no mechanical linkage to any flight control surface. Computers and wire bundles control everything, the pilots input is nothing more then a "mother may I" input. If the aircraft feels that the pilots controls are incorrect or danger the safety of the aircraft, it's will over ride the pilots input, I.e if the pilots tried to internally stall the aircraft.
Apologies to the Op for thread drift... Slick, please take a look at the FCOM & FCTM of the Gulfstream and Falcon 7X. My job out here requires an in depth knowledge of Airbus philosophy and C* law.
Let's take Air france 447 as a classic example, the A330 went to AltB law, result was the pilots didn't know what to do and killed everyone on board. The aircraft was basically in direct law, it was still obviously FBW the whole time since FBW is merely lack of physical cables, controls inputs where unfiltered and direct
It is the control laws that govern a modern aircraft's behaviour. You can put your gulfstream in direct law and stall the aircraft, does that suddenly mean it is no longer fly by wire?
Anyway, you have brought full geek mode out in me, I'll have to track down the Gulfstream FCOM and see how the system on that machine operates
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Not on my Viper (F-16) it wasn't. The aircraft was dynamically unstable, and the computer had to make constant adjustments.
I kinda thought FAOFF would have the effect you're looking for in this instance? What else would FAOFF do in a gravitational environment?