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Old 17th March 2011 | 02:29
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FlightPathOBN
 
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From: engineer at large
Concur,
The specs for the Sikorsky system, to me, are somewhat veiled...
"the pilot enters the FAF, MAPt, MDA, performance, missed approach, and hold pattern" and the aircraft will fly to this...

Well,

Where does the pilot get this information? Enter the FAF...well where is that from? MDA...MAPt...Hold fix...who designs all of this?

Basically, the program appears to allow for an operator to enter IFR approach waypoints, which is technically, per ICAO and common sense...illegal.

While the system may be approved to fly this type of procedure, I doubt if it will be approved for an operator to input, and fly, IFR...
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