No Joy In Side-Sticks
I was dismayed when I read decades ago that Airbus was designing the A320 with a side-stick controller. Side-stick controllers—joysticks—may have a place in an F-16 where extreme Gs are common, but not on an airliner. Yet, they have been featured on all Airbus airliners since the A320. Side-stick...
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