Been thinking about this again and haven't seen this topic come up in a while so......
For the purposes of this thread lets define fly-by-wire as a system that may or may not respond by moving the control surfaces directly proportional to the pilots inputs.
Lets further agree, for the purposes of this thread, that we have developed the method and materials to build a man rated control system that has no direct mechanical linkage to the pilot's input devices (stick, rudder pedals and throttle) that is both reliable and redundant and is equivalent to the existing mechanical system with regard to cost and weight. In other words we have a proven servo actuated control system that responds to the pilot exactly as a mechanical control system would.
Taking this system to the next level and inserting software between the pilot and the control surfaces/throttle just how should this be implemented to be of the most benefit to the average EAB pilot - if there is such a thing. Some things like stall prevention, over speed, over "G" prevention and autopilot integration are fairly obvious. What other features such as dutch roll damping, spiral prevention, and maybe even going so far as adding artificial stability should be incorporated?
Opinions, observations, and ideas...............???
For the purposes of this thread lets define fly-by-wire as a system that may or may not respond by moving the control surfaces directly proportional to the pilots inputs.
Lets further agree, for the purposes of this thread, that we have developed the method and materials to build a man rated control system that has no direct mechanical linkage to the pilot's input devices (stick, rudder pedals and throttle) that is both reliable and redundant and is equivalent to the existing mechanical system with regard to cost and weight. In other words we have a proven servo actuated control system that responds to the pilot exactly as a mechanical control system would.
Taking this system to the next level and inserting software between the pilot and the control surfaces/throttle just how should this be implemented to be of the most benefit to the average EAB pilot - if there is such a thing. Some things like stall prevention, over speed, over "G" prevention and autopilot integration are fairly obvious. What other features such as dutch roll damping, spiral prevention, and maybe even going so far as adding artificial stability should be incorporated?
Opinions, observations, and ideas...............???
