The task of flying and navigating the modern commercial aircraft has become more difficult and stressful with crowded skies and busy airline schedules. To ease the pilot's task the functional complexity of flight control and guidance has increased. Whereas Concorde was the first civil aircraft to have a fly‐by‐wire system with mechanical back‐up, Airbus introduced a fly‐by‐wire system on to the A320 family and a similar system has been carried forward to the A330/340. Boeing's first fly‐by‐wire system on the Boeing 777 was widely believed to be a response to the Airbus technology development. This chapter examines some of the key principles of flight control and indicates differences between the Airbus and Boeing philosophies and implementations. There are descriptions of key components and architectural principles.
The impact of the increased integration and interaction of advanced autopilot and flight management functions are described together with the impact upon flight deck control and indications
Flight Control Systems
Civil Avionics Systems ; 365-404
2013-08-27
40 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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