Re:Airplanes and Accounting Games: The Coming Boeing Collapse?
by mpweiher on Friday December 20, 2019 @05:00AM
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> Military jets have been unflyable without computer assistance for decades, and it was only a matter of time before such tech made it into commercial aerospace.
Er...no? The difference is that for the military jets there is an advantage, a requirement, that is helped by the plane being unstable and thus needing assistance (manoeuvrability).
For commercial airliners, there is no such requirement or advantage in normal circumstances (that is, unless you are trying to salvage an old airframe and press it into a role it is unsuited for because you are to cheap to develop the appropriate new airframe). You want a regular plane to be stable.
Er...no? The difference is that for the military jets there is an advantage, a requirement, that is helped by the plane being unstable and thus needing assistance (manoeuvrability).
For commercial airliners, there is no such requirement or advantage in normal circumstances (that is, unless you are trying to salvage an old airframe and press it into a role it is unsuited for because you are to cheap to develop the appropriate new airframe). You want a regular plane to be stable.