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Old 6th Aug 2006, 20:22
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In theory a good autopilot system will fly an autoland on a Cat 1 ILS. However, in practice beware of the quality of the beam – all UK Cat 1s were suitable, but I cannot vouch for any others – ask the flight checking department. Cat 1 ILS are unprotected from external disturbances and do not have failure backup systems. Thus training on ILSs within the constraints you that quote should be OK, but one of the biggest problems is the terrain profile in the undershoot, if this is not suitable, then the rad alt input it can give some very interesting arrivals which detract from the confidence in the system.
I doubt that ground roll-out will work satisfactorily.
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