[HN Gopher] Airbus Helicopters single-joystick system simplifies...
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       Airbus Helicopters single-joystick system simplifies copter
       controls
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2023-10-30 22:05 UTC (56 minutes ago)
        
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       | seabass-labrax wrote:
       | This is fascinating, and exactly the kind of research that one
       | would expect from Airbus, which created the first digital fly-by-
       | wire airliner back in the 1980s. Does anyone have a video of this
       | system in operation?
       | 
       | The first question that comes to mind for me is whether this new
       | control system takes into account the ground effect, that is, can
       | it hover safely at just a few feet off the ground? This is one of
       | the earliest things taught in a helicopter piloting course and is
       | apparently extremely difficult.
       | 
       | It's already the case that the rotor in a helicopter spins at a
       | consistent rate, where the governor system automatically
       | manipulates the power of the turbine for the pilot; the article
       | doesn't mention that without it you'd have yet another control to
       | manage! This kind of automation should be pretty useful in
       | reducing the pilot's workload in much the same way that the
       | governor does today.
        
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