1) Aircraft control
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Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface. The movements of flight controls are converted to electronic signals transmitted by wires (hence the fly-by-wire term), and flight control computers determine how to move the actuators at each control surface to provide ...
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Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson is a book written in 2009 by William Langewiesche about US Airways Flight 1549 with emphasis on the role played by the advanced fly-by-wire flight control system of the aircraft. The following is an excerpt: Langewiesche does not, however, state how the environment around Runway 13 at La...
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(from the article `airplane`) ...aircraft, there is no direct mechanical linkage between the pilot`s controls and the control surfaces; instead they are actuated by electric ...
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(of aircraft or spacecraft) activated entirely by electronic controls.
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