F-22A Demo Pilot Interveiw

[Yuya6104]

 

Must say hearing this interveiw about american F-22 spoils and takeingthe fun out of being a pilot..

 

americans might well make robot pilots instead of human pilots since not interested in pilot..

seems their more interested in the high-tech plane since pretty much fly it self..

 

At least Russia hasnt went there least in High Tech role but they belive in the pilot and the aircraft but giving pilot full use the plane an control sufices..

 

even my country not interested in the pilots an planes they fly most our planes not coumputer controled all they pilot doing all the work not the plane...

Edited April 19, 2011 by Yuya6104

[mvsgas]

I'm not sure if I understand. Flyby wire aircraft are all over the world and even civilian aircraft. The F-16 is used by many countries and the pilot is not in full control of the flying surfaces, he is just part of the decision making. Airbus, Dassault, Sukhoi, RAC MIG, etc all have Fly by wire aircraft.

Edited April 19, 2011 by mvsgas

[Pilotasso]

I think fly-by-wire is vastly misunderstood. It doesn't replace the pilot it just gives him the ability to fly his airframe to its maximum while preventing departure.

 

before pilots would have to limit the aircraft themselves or discard certain practices.

[sobek]

before pilots would have to limit the aircraft themselves or discard certain practices.

 

Not to mention that some designs wouldn't be flyable without FBW.

[Sov13t]

before pilots would have to limit the aircraft themselves or discard certain practices.

 

Or the aircraft simply couldn't do anything that would threaten either the aircraft or the pilot due to input by the pilot.

 

P.S.: Unfortunately a lot of individuals are misinformed on this subject and feel that FBW is present only in the western airframes.

[mvsgas]

Do you guys understand what Yuya6104 is trying to say?

[mikoyan]

The russians are using flight by wire too; some argue that it is not as advanced as for example the superhornet and f-22.

I don't think that there is a way to make a mechanically operated f-22; why? for example if you look at the videos of the f-22 airhows you can see that when it turns the flaps go down depending on the aoa of speed; and they don't just go from up and down; the computers measures how much flap needs to be applied to give best performance; imagine if the pilot had to do that manually? Also what about those cool post stall maneuvers; the airplane would depart or flip if the pilot had to control it manually; you can tell for example when it does a tail slide; all the surfaces move to prevent a spin; imagine if you had to do it yourself.

The raptor also uses the rudders to aid the pitch; I find hard to imagine how complex would be to produce the same system operated by the pilot and not a computer.

Even the eagle has a computer to help move the airplane around.

Just look at the old WWII fighter; most of them had to be operated with lots of care at low speed; most of them would go into a wing rock; some would do it suddenly; others would warn you. The problem is that pilots had to be very cautions trying to not get killed by their airplanes instead of fighting the enemy. What about the f-105 have you seen the sabre dance videos? flight by wire help you prevent that sort of situations; sometimes it also helps reduce airplane deficiencies or improve handling. My only problem with fly by wire is that if you loose your computer or if you experience a failure on your data censors you are in big trouble.

[nscode]

All that can be done with analogue (including hydromechanical) computers, but... why :)

[sobek]

All that can be done with analogue (including hydromechanical) computers, but... why :)

 

Exactly, those are slower, heavier, most likely less efficient and probably cost more.