Active Sidestick Controls Make Commercial Debut

Credit: BAE Systems/Gulfstream
There is general agreement that fly-by-wire (FBW) is the control system of choice for most new aircraft, military or commercial, but there is less unanimity about sidesticks. Airbus uses them; Boeing does not, not even—so far—in its military aircraft. But the list of manufacturers yet to embrace the...

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