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Forum: Tech Log

9th Dec 2011, 22:03

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IEEE Spectrum Article: "When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners?"

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Posted By MathFox

Logging onto PPRuNe is the easy part... a GPRS...

Logging onto PPRuNe is the easy part... a GPRS (GSM) modem will even allow in-flight bull-sh*t-ting on the forums. A properly designed solid state computer can withstand 30-100g, so most bad landings...

Forum: Tech Log

9th Dec 2011, 21:09

Replies: 30

IEEE Spectrum Article: "When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners?"

Views: 5,761

Posted By MathFox

Think of all the equipment you can remove (all of...

Think of all the equipment you can remove (all of the cockpit dials and controls; pilot chair, oxygen... crash axe :ouch: )

Forum: Tech Log

7th Dec 2011, 11:29

Replies: 30

IEEE Spectrum Article: "When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners?"

Views: 5,761

Posted By MathFox

Humans are not infallible and any statement...

Humans are not infallible and any statement touting human perfection is hubris.

In my experience computers can perfectly repeat boring tasks... It has been shown that computers are better at...

Forum: Tech Log

4th Dec 2011, 13:10

Replies: 30

IEEE Spectrum Article: "When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners?"

Views: 5,761

Posted By MathFox

I am with Denti, the operating cost of two pilots...

I am with Denti, the operating cost of two pilots is fairly small, compared to general operating costs. On the other hand, the cost of development and verification of an autonomous control system is...

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