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Old 28th Mar 2014, 08:46
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737jock, let me ask the question another way. Give us an example of how a human could anticipate whereas the AP on an autoland can't.

I do actually understand every bit of your theories but I choose to ignore them, and criticise them, because not only do they fly in the face of basic aerodynamics for normal jets (not naval fighters) during the landing phase, they don't work satisfactorily unless you're trick-flying your 737 with it's pitch/power couple.

Further, your arcane points on energy really are for the theorists and would do nothing to help a newbie. You did say yourself "thrust controls energy. However energy is not easy to quantify. Therefore energy can be linked to airspeed, but it can also be linked to vertical speed."
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