☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to TechnologyEnglish · 2 months agoBoeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy diskswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmy.mltodayilearned@lemmit.online
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minus-squareThe Free Penguinlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoWhy would an airplane need software updates?
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoModern planes are fly by wire, so you have a lot of software between the pilot and what the control surfaces are doing. It’s pretty much inevitable that you’ll have bugs and inefficiencies that get identified through use.
Why would an airplane need software updates?
Modern planes are fly by wire, so you have a lot of software between the pilot and what the control surfaces are doing. It’s pretty much inevitable that you’ll have bugs and inefficiencies that get identified through use.