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The Airbus A320 family was the first airliner to feature a full glass cockpit and digital fly-by-wire flight control system. The only analogue instruments were the radio magnetic indicator, brake pressure indicator, standby altimeter and artificial horizon, the latter two being replaced by a digital integrated standby instrument system in later production models.
In modern fly-by-wire aircraft, the same set of control surfaces serve both functions. Spoilers were used by most gliders (sailplanes) until the 1960s to control their rate of descent and thus achieve a controlled landing. Since then, spoilers on gliders have almost entirely been replaced by airbrakes, usually of the Schempp-Hirth type ...
The cockpit of the 777 is similar to 747-400, a fly-by-wire control simulating mechanical control. The fly-by-wire electronic flight control system of the Boeing 777 differs from the Airbus EFCS. The design principle is to provide a system that responds similarly to a mechanically controlled system. [10]
Boeing plans no major modifications for the 737 MAX flight deck, as it wants to maintain commonality with the 737 Next Generation family. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh said in 2011, that adding more fly-by-wire control systems would be "very minimal". [136] However, the 737 MAX extended spoilers are fly-by-wire controlled. [41]
The initial 767-200 was designed for sufficient range to fly across North America or across the northern Atlantic, [21] and would be capable of operating routes up to 3,850 nautical miles (7,130 km; 4,430 mi). [22] The 767's fuselage width was set midway between that of the 707 and the 747 at 16.5 feet (5.03 m). [5]
A fly-by-wire (FBW) system replaces manual flight control of an aircraft with an electronic interface. The movements of flight controls are converted to electronic signals transmitted by wires (hence the term fly-by-wire), and flight control computers determine how to move the actuators at each control surface to provide the expected response ...
The following contains spoilers from the Feb. 4 episode of CBS’ FBI: International. After teasing us for nearly two months with Special Agent Cameron Vo’s possible “exit,” FBI ...
The 747-8 was intended to use the same engine and cockpit technology as that of the 787, including the General Electric GEnx turbofan and fly-by-wire ailerons and spoilers. [11] In 2006, Boeing said that the new design would be quieter, more economical and more environmentally friendly than previous versions of the 747.