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dreamcompiler on Dec 20, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Airplanes and Accounting Games: The Coming Boeing ...

Airbus is definitely a civilian manufacturer and all their aircraft are strictly fly-by-wire. But as far as I know they are at least dynamically stable, unlike many combat aircraft and the 737 Max.

Update after reading na85's comment: The 737 Max is dynamically stable.

Also apparently a few Airbus models are not FbW.

benhurmarcel on Dec 20, 2019 [–]

> Also apparently a few Airbus models are not FbW

Only the legacy ones before the A320, namely the A300 and A310. Not really relevant nowadays.

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