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Old 11th September 2003 | 15:55
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OneDotLow
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With respect to autoland.... the AFDS uses the LOC signal to align the aircraft with the runway, then takes a snapshot of the ground track just prior to annunciating rollout as the active mode.

My question is... how would the aircraft know what track to manouver the a/c on for a takeoff.

GPS? Maybe, but I dont think that this can be relied on to give an accurate enough position.

Having said all of that, maybe in the computer control laws (like the 777 has), there could be someting added to minimise tailstrikes... just a thought.
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