Therefore, there are different types of computers with different operating systems in the flight control system. Using an everyday analogy, it's like there are PCs and Macs operating side by side.

Answer: In a fly-by-wire aircraft, the pilot inputs commands via a sidestick or yoke to a computer. The computer then directs the hydraulic or electric actuator to deflect a flight control surface ...

While conducting newly stringent tests on the Boeing 737 MAX flight control system, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in June uncovered a potential flaw that now has spurred Boeing to make ...

The next generation Collins Aerospace Perigon flight control computer has received its first airframe selection as it will become a central part of the avionics featured on the Lockheed Martin ...

The investigation that followed blamed an ADIRU failure for the 330’s uncommanded dive: one of the plane’s three ADIRUs, which are designed to help the plane’s flight-control computer fly ...

Instead, it relies on a flight-control computer that will angle the motors in different directions. The forward motors handle pitching the nose up and down. Those on the wing manage roll movements.

Posted in Tech Hacks, Toy Hacks Tagged bps.space, control system, flight computer, missile, missile silo, model rocket E-reader Becomes Sailplane And Paraglider Computer May 28, 2014 by Brian ...

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has confirmed the sudden drop in altitude of a Qantas Flight 72 over Western Australia last year was due to a computer ...

A Leonardo C-27J Spartan military transport has been used to demonstrate technology aimed at slashing fuel consumption of regional aircraft, the Italian manufacturer said Monday.