When discussing Qantas flight 31, we need more science and less hyperbolic linkbait. Cooler heads should prevail. This week brought us the so-called “engine explosion” and “crash landing” of a ...

Because of their many redundancies, electronic fly-by-wire controls are actually far safer than traditional hydraulic ones. Any pilot who has ever done a pre-flight check on a Cessna or a Bonanza ...

Piloting a cruise-capable eVTOL aircraft will be unlike flying anything that's come before it, thanks to fully digital fly-by-wire flight control systems. We jumped in Lilium's motion-rig simulator to ...

The first flight-control systems used levers, pulleys and cables to enable pilots to adjust movable aerodynamic surfaces. These were replaced by hydraulic systems that enabled pilots to control wing ...

The Skyryse One cockpit design for the fly-by-wire conversion of the Robinson R66 helicopter features a single control and touchscreen displays.