Auto-Pilot settings
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A few Technical Questions - I hope this is the correct forum for this:
Does anyone know - Who is responsible for setting the auto-pilot (is it some kind of techician)?
Is the setting-up of the Auto-Pilot dependant on the forecasted weather plan and/or the proposed traffic plan, at the outset of a journey?
Does Auto-Pilot "read" the traffic around the craft via satellite or via some other type of object?
Many thanks in advance.
Does anyone know - Who is responsible for setting the auto-pilot (is it some kind of techician)?
Is the setting-up of the Auto-Pilot dependant on the forecasted weather plan and/or the proposed traffic plan, at the outset of a journey?
Does Auto-Pilot "read" the traffic around the craft via satellite or via some other type of object?
Many thanks in advance.
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The pilot(s) operate the autopilot(s).
A degree of strategic planning may be used in the set-up when the aircraft is equipped with a programmable Flight Management Computer.
Information about the surrounding traffic may be read of a TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) but is not fed into autopilot.
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A degree of strategic planning may be used in the set-up when the aircraft is equipped with a programmable Flight Management Computer.
Information about the surrounding traffic may be read of a TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) but is not fed into autopilot.
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dusk2dawn has summed up reasonably but is slightly incorrect about the TCAS/Autopilot functionality.
Granted, it is a fairly recent (2009) concept, but Airbus now have EASA approved Autopilot flown TCAS capability in their newer aeroplanes.
I'm not being pedantic, as I think other manufacturers will soon follow suit.
Granted, it is a fairly recent (2009) concept, but Airbus now have EASA approved Autopilot flown TCAS capability in their newer aeroplanes.
I'm not being pedantic, as I think other manufacturers will soon follow suit.
