Eu fiz algumas pesquisas e obtive uma resposta extremamente interessante aqui: A propósito, eu deveria ter formulado minha pergunta de maneira diferente: o F-16 tem controles hidráulicos, mas as entradas piloto são enviadas através de um computador primeiro.
They designed the plane so it could be fitted with conventional hydro-mechanical controls if the fly-by-wire system couldn’t be made to work acceptably. “We spaced the bulkheads so that we could move the wing back and have a statically-stable airplane,” says Hillaker. “We were just giving ourselves some insurance. The wing would have had to have been moved back eighteen inches. All we had to do was make the two bulkheads have the same load capacity. One of them that we would’ve moved the wing to was higher than it needed to be, unless you moved the wing back.” The structural differences carried over to the production F-16 design, but fortunately were never needed. The fly-by-wire system’s control problems were quickly ironed out and the plane, even with all its advanced features, steadily gained support both in the U.S. and abroad
Assim, os fabricantes de modelos notam: consiga o CG para o F-16 e mova-o de volta 18 polegadas ou qualquer que seja o equivalente em seu modelo para um avião estável.