Fly by Wire Advancements in Aviation over Conventional Flight Control Systems

Abstract

Abstract: This report shows the advancement of flight control systems, from the old human controlled mechanical systems to the modern fly by wire systems in use today. It also compares the two systems, and investigates the reasons behind the change. This change is a significant and an extraordinary representation of the advancements made in the avionic industry and of the development of aeronautical technologies. The fly-by wire system represents a large fast forwarding in the industry, from complex mechanically controlled systems, to large hydraulically controlled systems, to computer assisted fly by wire system. The use of fly-by wire systems has significantly reduce the weight of the flight control systems, while increasing the scope to add multiple redundancy flight control systems, which can increase the safety in case of failures in a particular system. Further development in fly-by wire systems comes in the form of advancing from analog to digital computing systems