Originally Posted by
Lookleft
Yawn here we go again. Can you keep us appraised when the mighty Islander has done a fully autonomous assymetric takeoff and a two engine landing in 30 kts of crosswind. When it can do that 100 times out of 100 then I might be interested.
The control law has never been the issue for autonomous flight. There is no reason that an autopilot cannot consistently carry out an on-limits crosswind landing as well as a top class pilot on the top of their game.
The complexity comes from interfacing to, and acting upon every conceivable problem from every system involved in the flight. And that includes external "systems" such as ATC.
Crosswind landing with a fully functional aircraft? I am fine with that.
Carrying out all the correct procedures to deal with an engine fire - not so sure.