Originally Posted by
Agile
Yes another video spoiled by too many drama layer on top
Than said, a lot of people still mess up, good pilot included.
- A full authority automated autorotation landing for the real life, would be extremely complex, starting with AI camera to be able to recognize suitable landing sites, weight them against other parameter such as proximity, wind direction, obstacles, then come up with a strategic landing patern.... all that in real time... good luck with that.
- A partial authority autorotation help assist, that would be nice, just to anticipate colective down and regulate your RRPM, while you look arround for your landing strategy would be nice.
Yeah, a bit too much drama and "OMG helicopter pilots are the most amazing human beings in the world".
I am there with you, a partial autorotation helper would be nice. That could be added to the SAS they have. On the other hand, if you have people who are only able to use a tablet to control the helicopter, I pretty much doubt, that they would be able to find a suitable landing spot in the time frame they have. I think a real pilot would do better and a real pilot probably would like to fly him/herself.
Time will tell, but if you ask me what happens in the next 20 years, we will see more and more autonomous flying things that can do all of that. You can do that with a map. You don't need the whole world map for that. When you load a flight plan into the ships computer, you can already load all the emergency landing spots and even let the ship fly the safest route with that information. A camera would only help if it sees something. Night and VMC, even with IR, might not be enough. Anyway, the AI part could be done by a central server, because autonomous flight with paying passengers would only be possible under constant positive control by the operator and ATC.
I can see the advantage and any help with the RPM would be welcome, but where is the fun in flying something with a tablet.