Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
by cesarb on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @01:53PM
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> If you're trying to say, lower the landing gear, and the button malfunctions
If you're trying to lower the landing gear, and the button malfunctions, you use the gravity gear extension handle, which is a completely independent system. You can also land without the landing gear in the worst case.
> What if the glass breaks and the capacitive layer fails? Or the software running the screen crashes? [...]
You use the other screen, which is controlled by the other computer. There are also knobs to switch which computer controls each screen. In the worst case, there are the standby instruments.
If you're trying to lower the landing gear, and the button malfunctions, you use the gravity gear extension handle, which is a completely independent system. You can also land without the landing gear in the worst case.
> What if the glass breaks and the capacitive layer fails? Or the software running the screen crashes? [...]
You use the other screen, which is controlled by the other computer. There are also knobs to switch which computer controls each screen. In the worst case, there are the standby instruments.
Airplanes have a lot of redundancy.