<Snipped> Just a benign note. Primary aircraft engine controls will probably always be manual and "hard".
~~~ Sadly, just about all modern commercial passenger aircraft now are all fly-by-(electrical)-wire, the pilot tells the array of multiple flight computers what he wants the plane to do, they take a majority vote on it, then make it happen, even the engines are not under his direct influence... I'm not even sure if there is any mk1 hydro/mechanical linkage between the rudder pedals and the nose wheel any more... It's only a matter of time before such technology (if not already done) migrates to light aircraft. Yes, it's all a little scary. At times I envy most of the sheep who don't know much about any of this, and assume the man in the left seat with a view & wearing the big hat is fully in control all the time. 73. Dave G0WBX. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
