0 If an aircraft or the equipment for controlling it is fly-by-wire, it is controlled by computers. --
1 fly-by-wire technology uses computers to control planes: --
The press and media later questioned the fly-by-wire flight control system.
In modern fly-by-wire aircraft, the same set of spoilers serve in both functions.
The behavior of fly-by-wire flight controls is defined by control algorithms.
For this reason, most fly-by-wire systems incorporate either redundant computers (triplex, quadruplex etc.), some kind of mechanical or hydraulic backup or a combination of both.
The aerodynamic instability of the airframe required the use of computerized fly-by-wire control.
It will be constructed primarily from composites and metal and is to be the first commercial helicopter to incorporate fly-by-wire flight controls, with tactile cues.
Systems of this kind, with no mechanical connection, are sometimes called drive by wire or steer by wire, by analogy with aviation's fly-by-wire.
A basic form of fly-by-wire facilitates spoiler operation, utilizing electric signaling instead of traditional control cables.
