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{{Short description|Aircraft control computer software}}
[[File:Aeroflot Boeing 777 inflight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.14|Modern aircraft designs like the [[Boeing 777]] rely on sophisticated flight computers to aid and protect the aircraft in flight. These are governed by computational laws which assign flight control modes during flight.]]
A '''flight control mode''' or '''flight control law''' is a computer software algorithm that transforms the movement of the [[Yoke (aeronautics)|yoke]] or [[joystick]], made by an aircraft pilot, into movements of the aircraft control surfaces. The control surface movements depend on which of several modes the flight computer is in. In aircraft in which the [[Aircraft flight control system| flight control system]] is [[fly-by-wire]], the movements the pilot makes to the yoke or joystick in the [[cockpit]], to control the flight, are converted to electronic signals, which are transmitted to the [[Flight control computer|flight control computers]] that determine how to move each control surface to provide the aircraft movement the pilot ordered.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Flight_Control_Laws|title=Flight Control Laws |website=SKYbrary Aviation Safety|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://leehamnews.com/2016/03/25/bjorns-corner-flight-control-part-3/|title=Flight control part 3|website=Bjorn's corner|date=25 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name="urlCrossing the Skies » Fly-by-wire and Airbus Laws">{{cite web |url=http://www.crossingtheskies.com/fly-by-wire-airbus-laws/ |title=Crossing the Skies » Fly-by-wire and Airbus Laws |work= crossingtheskies.com|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090308133740/http://www.crossingtheskies.com/fly-by-wire-airbus-laws/|archive-date =8 March 2009}}</ref><ref name="Boeing 777">{{cite web |url=http://euler.ecs.umass.edu/ece655/Boeing777.ppt |title=The Boeing 777 |format=powerpoint |work= by Saurabh Chheda }}</ref>
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====Ground mode====
The aircraft behaves as in direct mode: the autotrim feature is turned off and there is a direct response of the elevators to the sidestick inputs. The horizontal stabilizer is set to 4° up <!-- Stab nose up? Clarify--> but manual settings <!-- Manual settings, keyed in to the FMS? Clarify -->(e.g., for center of gravity) override this setting. After the wheels leave the ground, a 5-second transition occurs where ''normal law – flight mode'' takes over from ''ground mode''.<ref name="SmartCockpit - A330 Flight Controls"/>
====Flight mode====
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==Boeing 777 primary flight control system==
[[File:Boeing 777-200ER cockpit.jpg|thumb|right|The cockpit of the 777 is similar to 747-400, a fly-by-wire control simulating mechanical control.]]
The fly-by-wire electronic flight control system of the Boeing 777 differs from the Airbus EFCS. The design principle is to provide a system that responds similarly to a mechanically controlled system.<ref name="Boeing B-777: Fly-By-Wire Flight Controls">{{cite web |url=http://www.davi.ws/avionics/TheAvionicsHandbook_Cap_11.pdf |title=11 Boeing B-777: Fly-By-Wire Flight Controls | author=Gregg F. Bartley – Boeing | date=May 4, 2008 | access-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref> Because the system is controlled electronically, the flight control system can provide [[flight envelope]] protection.
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===Secondary mode===
Boeing ''secondary mode'' is comparable to the Airbus ''alternate law'', with the PFCs supplying commands to the ACEs. However, EFCS functionality is reduced, including loss of flight envelope protection. Like the Airbus system, this state is entered when a number of failures occur in the EFCS or interfacing systems (e.g., ADIRU or [[SAARU]]). Moreover, in case of a complete failure of all PFCs and ACEs, the ailerons and selected roll spoilers are connected to the pilot controls by control cable, permitting mechanical control on a temporary basis.<ref name="Skybrary: Flight Control Laws" /><ref name="Boeing 777"/>
==See also==
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