[AT] OT was runaway cars/now "electronic steering"

[charliehill]

Ken, the F-14 has triple redundant systems and was not produced to make a 
profit, plus it has maintenance crews constantly working on it.  I know the 
fly by wire works but when it fails there's no backup system.  It's not fun 
to think about it when you are 35,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean.  I 
wonder what TSA would think if you carried a parachute  and an oxygen 
canister in your carry on bag?

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Knierim" <ken.knierim at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT was runaway cars/now "electronic steering"


> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:56 PM, <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> What about Fly by Wire on aircraft?
>>
>> That scares me!
>>
>
> I agree, but I believe one of the first production examples of that was 
> the
> F-14 and it had a good record. Airbus has also been rather successful with
> the "fly-by-wire". There has been some speculation that it failed
> catastrophically on the Air France flight (AF447) that splashed in the 
> ocean
> last June because the air speed sensors froze over, causing the computer 
> to
> get lost but last I knew there was no definitive proof.
>
> Air traffic is still a lot safer than freeway traffic. I had hoped to get 
> an
> M1 Abrams as a commuter vehicle but it didn't have the right emissions or
> safety equipment for Arizona. :)
>
> Ken in AZ
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