I think aeroplanes are not a good point of comparison.
For one, mechanical steering is still very complicated, with many meters (miles?) of hydraulic hoses, actuators, pressure control systems etc.
Two, aerospace is healthily paranoid about QA and failure modes. I'm sure a steer-by-wirw can be extremely safe when done with that mindset. But Im not sure if that's the car industry's mindset, let alone Tesla's.
Finally, fly-by-wire offers enormous safety benefits in aeroplanes, because of what it enables. But I have no idea what steer by wire enables for a car.
>For one, mechanical steering is still very complicated
Yes, and digital steering is by nature even more complicated.
>aerospace is healthily paranoid about QA and failure modes. I'm sure a steer-by-wirw [sic] can be extremely safe when done with that mindset
What? So if we have the right 'mindset' then we can ignore any complexity and adapt anything we want. Why even let users drive cars now? Make their fleet 100% autonomous. Just do it with a mindset of QA and safety!
For one, mechanical steering is still very complicated, with many meters (miles?) of hydraulic hoses, actuators, pressure control systems etc.
Two, aerospace is healthily paranoid about QA and failure modes. I'm sure a steer-by-wirw can be extremely safe when done with that mindset. But Im not sure if that's the car industry's mindset, let alone Tesla's.
Finally, fly-by-wire offers enormous safety benefits in aeroplanes, because of what it enables. But I have no idea what steer by wire enables for a car.