Originally Posted by
Bell_ringer
it's autonomous ie flies itself, pilot optional.
Still not seeing a difference from a fully coupled, 4 axis autopilot. Does not the latter also autonomously follow a flight plan programmed into the navigator? Won't it also automatically fly an ILS? On the really expensive helicopters do they not terminate in a hover automatically?
P.S. for Crab's reference an R44 HeliSAS installation is 12 lbs. If they ever add another axis maybe it would go up to 16lbs. That ain't bad. Just don't spec air conditioning, too 😉