I remember a mirage pilot say that the mirage was the last real jet fighter
because he could feel the stress during maneuvers and was more than honored to
fly it [then compared it to the F-16]. He shared a love flying that plane.
Given history, I like the wire controls. Hydraulics and
Also,
Watch out for EMI. Back when the UH-60 was introduced it suffered many
fatal crashes for no apparent reason. The Army was about to cancel the contract
when an investigator saw a hardover condition occur on the ground. Turned
out to be a shot from a radar tower. The others were near
Yep thats how I feel, as well, thats why it's augmentation, not replacement
LOL its no different then an auto pilot but you are telling the autopilot to
move left or right or up or down or whatever. though you can turn off the
auto pilot and take control of the "REAL" stick. And yep, I thought
I work on electronic equipment 8 hours a day 5 days a week or more.
After 38 years of PROFESSIONAL electronic repair work I can say this:
THERE IS NO WAY ON GODS GREEN EARTH THAT I AM GOING TO TRUST MY LIFE TO
AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE CONTROL SURFACES
(certainly not
Yes, but that was YEARS ago and electronics have gone a long ways. Plus
those were 100% FBW I'm talking about augmentation. which in reality is only
an auto pilot taking to the next level.
Anyways sky diving is so scary I don't know if I can do that.
Joe
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 3:38 PM, John
Hi Jose,
Maybe you should work on an ejection seat/system first.
The USAF killed a few pilots before they got the FBW working
on the F-16. Good luck with the project! I hope you get it
working with out it killing you in the process!
Gods Speed,
J.E. Caudle
Fenwick, WV
363TB (On the Bench)
Jose,
I've been watching the progress of your BD4 on the BD4 forum - I'm building
a BD4C myself, although I haven't gotten nearly as far yet as you. Welcome
to the KR list - the most useful aircraft builders list I've come across.
As Dave Goodman said, more power to you if you can get FBW to
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Thanks,
Actually as a small bit I'm using the onboard computer to control flaps and
trim. I have a load pressure sensor on the stick to tell how much back
pressure the stick has to adjust by a click on the screen the trim tab.
These are two areas I felt comfortable using FBW tech until I did more
Terry wrote:
The KR is so light and delightful on the controls now; it's hard to imagine
making it better.
Terry,
I agree and disagree.
It would be a lot of work, but look at how much work ML put into his plane.
While we certainly all benefitted from his efforts, if the goal was to just
Thanks, that is the reason for the quck connect of the control stick, and
using actulators in combonation with manual control so one can switch easy
enough and the use of the special actulators that won't lock in the controls
on power failure.
This solves two problem as it's not 100% dependant on
, 2010 11:02 AM
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Subject: KR> Fly By Wire
Hi everyone,
I had been thinking about a fly by wire design, I had posted this on my
other forum I'm a member of, but too many of them are "BUILD IT to PLANS!!"
type, I like to change things for the better.
Jose wrote:
I had been thinking about a fly by wire design, I had posted this on my
other forum I'm a member of, but too many of them are "BUILD IT to PLANS!!"
type, I like to change things for the better.
Jose,
I applaud your motivation and enthusiasm! This sounds like a tremendous
amount of
Hi everyone,
I had been thinking about a fly by wire design, I had posted this on my
other forum I'm a member of, but too many of them are "BUILD IT to PLANS!!"
type, I like to change things for the better.
I'm thinking one of the changes I could do to the KR I'm planning on getting
is to figure
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