Dave,
I must admit I am a little bit skeptical about having something that automatically puts you into autorotation - maybe it's just fear of the unknown, but I'd like to be the one initiating auto entry on recognition of power loss, rather than having the machine do it for me.
Obviously I want warning systems such as low rotor Rpm horns or whatever, but giving the aircraft the authority to put me in auto without me asking it to is, I feel, a bit too much automation.
Otherwise, good ideas!
PS another thing I just thought of - will there be a system to prevent attempted auto entry in case of power loss in the hover, for example? I'd hate to have the machine slam me into the ground because it was attempting to maintain rotor RPM at an inappropriate time.
[ 05 September 2001: Message edited by: Arm out the window ]