Hi P-Hack,
I'm not a software luddite but having done some programming in my career (only as a side activity as a design engineer), I am fully aware of unknown software bugs and their unintended consequences. I know and have known code monkeys who are clueless about what they are really trying to do. Beautiful and gorgeous GUI's and artistic code are more important than true functionality. Example, Airbus knew how to control their A330 with the loss of air speed indicators and their instructors know the procedure. Now, why wasn't that procedure automatically offered to the (inexperienced) co-pilots of AF447 by the software (SW)? The control software just bailed out when they needed it the most. There may be extenuating reasons but I have a hard time imagining I'm the only one that sees what should have been done. I wonder if the latest version of the SW has fixed this?
Enough of this thread drift unless you can offer how it can be implemented.
-- Teri
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Originally Posted by P-hack
But if you are a software luddite (2014, hello!!) there may be passive control possibilities using control surfaces too.
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