Bertie the Bunyip
2008-10-03 18:13:58 UTC
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Bertie
No, you refuse to vote or no the 757 is not FBW?
It's not FBW
Bertie
if the throttle control goes through an ecu (probably a plc) isn't it
at
There is a cable, or else it would be FBW and I would have said so.
Keep up.
control system with a relatively sophisticated autopilot that flies the
airplane through that system, period.
Bertie
1) Yes.
2) Of course, That's how Cheney managed to remotely pilot one
2) Of course, That's how Cheney managed to remotely pilot one
the Pentagon.
3) No. The only FBW Boeing is the 777, the 757 uses conventional
cables and hydraulics.
Votes please...
No3) No. The only FBW Boeing is the 777, the 757 uses conventional
cables and hydraulics.
Votes please...
Bertie
Bertie
least partially fly by wire?
Nope.as there is no cable involved (since WWII probably when still thick
wirecontrols) and its all electro mechanical/hydraulic isn't it fly by
wire?There is a cable, or else it would be FBW and I would have said so.
Keep up.
as the FMCS is fully capable of flying the plane is it not fly by wire
during the duration of FMCS control?
I mean in the broader sense of the phrase.
No, read my lips.during the duration of FMCS control?
I mean in the broader sense of the phrase.
obviously there seems parrallel control on the 757 rather than on
airbuswhich is full fly by wire as joystick goes to FMCS but on 757 it has
both, and the FMCS unless turned off is always doing a bit of fly by
wire....
It isn't parralell control. It's is a conventional mechanicla hydraulicboth, and the FMCS unless turned off is always doing a bit of fly by
wire....
control system with a relatively sophisticated autopilot that flies the
airplane through that system, period.
Bertie