"Sylvia Else" wrote
>
> Having systems that positively prevent the pilots from flying outside
> the design envelope is a twin edged sword. On the one hand, it prevents
> them breaking perfectly good aircraft. On the other, it also has the
> potential to prevent them rescuing otherwise fatal situations.
>
> There have been incidents where airliners have been stressed well
> beyound their design limits to recover from extreme upsets, and the
> passengers and crew have survived to fly another day, even if the
> aircraft had to be scrapped.
>
> Maybe you just need a big red "GO-FOR-BROKE" button for those cases
> where flying according to the book is guaranteed to result in a
> premature meeting with the ground.
>
> Sylvia.
>
Right. Like making the rudder force required at the extreme travel go up to
say, double. Or shake the bejabbers out of the toes!
--
Jim in NC
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