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  2. Fly-by-wire - Wikipedia

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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, and flight control computers determine how to move the actuators at each control surface to provide the ordered response.

  3. Airbus A380 - Wikipedia

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    The A380 has an improved glass cockpit, using fly-by-wire flight controls linked to side-sticks. [ 191 ] [ 192 ] The cockpit has eight 15 by 20 cm (5.9 by 7.9 in) liquid crystal displays , all physically identical and interchangeable; comprising two primary flight displays , two navigation displays, one engine parameter display, one system ...

  4. Flight control modes - Wikipedia

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    Airbus aircraft designs after the A300/A310 are almost completely controlled by fly-by-wire equipment. These newer aircraft, including the A320, A330, A340, A350 and A380 operate under Airbus flight control laws. The flight controls on the Airbus A330, for example, are all electronically controlled and hydraulically activated.

  5. Aircraft flight control system - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Side-stick - Wikipedia

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    The throttle controls in the central console are black, labeled 1-4. A side-stick or sidestick controller is an aircraft control stick that is located on the side console of the pilot, usually on the righthand side, or outboard on a two-seat flightdeck. Typically this is found in aircraft that are equipped with fly-by-wire control systems.

  7. Glass cockpit - Wikipedia

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    Glass cockpit. A glass cockpit is an aircraft cockpit that features an array of electronic (digital) flight instrument displays, typically large LCD screens, rather than traditional analog dials and gauges. [ 1] While a traditional cockpit relies on numerous mechanical gauges (nicknamed "steam gauges") to display information, a glass cockpit ...

  8. Air France Flight 296Q - Wikipedia

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    Air France Flight 296Q. /  47.74944°N 7.42611°E  / 47.74944; 7.42611. Air France Flight 296Q was a chartered flight of a new Airbus A320-111 operated by Air Charter International for Air France. [1] On 26 June 1988, the plane crashed while making a low pass over Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield ( ICAO airport code LFGB) as part of the ...

  9. Cockpit - Wikipedia

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    A cockpit or flight deck[ 1] is the area, on the front part of an aircraft or spacecraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft. Cockpit of an A380. Most Airbus cockpits are glass cockpits featuring fly-by-wire technology. 1936 de Havilland Hornet Moth. Note the bifurcated split stick control column.