I don't trust fly-by-wire systems. I'm sure they are very sophisticated but if the computer system goes down, there needs to be direct hydraulic control of the plane.
The original fly-by-wire system had actual...wires going to the control surfaces. Can't hack it.
10 posted on 02/26/2008 4:38:54 PM PST by Sender
(Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.)