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Fly-by-Wire Systems Enable Safer, More Efficient Flight
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2011 |
Category: |
Transportation |
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| Page: |
74 |
Center: |
Dryden Flight Research Center |
| State: |
MA |
Manufacturer: |
Draper Laboratory |
| Origin: |
Digital Fly-by-Wire Program |
| Tech Terms: |
digital fly-by-wire, Apollo Guidance Computer, F-8 Program |
| Abstract: |
| Using the ultra-reliable Apollo Guidance Computer that enabled the Apollo Moon missions, Dryden Flight Research Center engineers, in partnership with industry leaders such as Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Draper Laboratory, demonstrated that digital computers could be used to fly aircraft. Digital fly-by-wire systems have since been incorporated into large airliners, military jets, revolutionary new aircraft, and even cars and submarines. |
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