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		furyg3 on Dec 8, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What really happened aboard Air France 447 I was shocked that new airplanes use joysticks are just simple inputs and don't give (some) feedback on the current state of the current control surfaces or the state of the other joystick. This seems like a "feature" of analog controls that you'd want to take forward to fly-by-wire systems.

reddit_clone on Dec 10, 2011 [–]

For me the 'averaging' of two controls seem totally bizarre. One pushing forward and one pulling back and the computer thought that was OK?

My fear of flying is reaching new heights.

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