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Forum: Tech Log

12th Jan 2015, 19:48

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Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Automation in Aircraft

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Posted By island_airphoto

The Air Force lost some F-16s early in the...

The Air Force lost some F-16s early in the program when HAL would not let the pilots pull up hard enough to avoid solid ground.
Autothrottles are a prime example of where automation fails us by...

Forum: Tech Log

11th Jan 2015, 15:56

Replies: 58

Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Automation in Aircraft

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Posted By island_airphoto

Hey - now the thread is cleaned up we can...

Hey - now the thread is cleaned up we can continue on.
Basic Problem:
If you make the plane able to overrule the pilot, you can prevent many accidents. You can also cause them when the HAL gets...

Forum: Tech Log

9th Jan 2015, 08:15

Replies: 58

Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Automation in Aircraft

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Posted By island_airphoto

It is relevant. If you have never had to fight...

It is relevant. If you have never had to fight weather AND some crazy autopilot at the same time, you have no frame of reference for what we are talking about. Kind of like how a a GPS map coupled to...

Forum: Tech Log

9th Jan 2015, 07:06

Replies: 58

Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Automation in Aircraft

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Posted By island_airphoto

Please let us know what you fly.

Please let us know what you fly.

Forum: Tech Log

9th Jan 2015, 05:13

Replies: 58

Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Automation in Aircraft

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Posted By island_airphoto

The better analogy would be drivers so used to...

The better analogy would be drivers so used to lane assist and adaptive cruise control they hit the car ahead of them or drive right off the road if the system goes offline.
(having grown up with an...

Forum: Tech Log

8th Jan 2015, 19:23

Replies: 58

Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Automation in Aircraft

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Posted By island_airphoto

I am more worried about pilots not realizing the...

I am more worried about pilots not realizing the auto throttle is not working and totally ignoring airspeed trending to zero than the FBW totally failing into a super-emergency mode. Speaking of...

Forum: Tech Log

8th Jan 2015, 18:48

Replies: 58

Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Automation in Aircraft

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Posted By island_airphoto

The pilot of course. The autopilot will fly right...

The pilot of course. The autopilot will fly right into the side of a mountain and kill everyone aboard without a care in the world. The pilot at least WANTS to survive the flight, EgyptAir excepted....

Forum: Tech Log

8th Jan 2015, 18:19

Replies: 58

Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Automation in Aircraft

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Posted By island_airphoto

Jockey69 - bull. Have you ever flown an...

Jockey69 - bull.
Have you ever flown an airplane?
Emergency half-arse flying is what you get when you recruit passengers from the back to have a go, not the guys up front presumably getting paid to...

Forum: Tech Log

8th Jan 2015, 14:32

Replies: 58

Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Automation in Aircraft

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Posted By island_airphoto

FCeng84 - I do not think unstable aircraft not...

FCeng84 - I do not think unstable aircraft not flyable by humans are the problem. I know such airplanes exist, but your post is the first time I have ever heard that anyone would approve one for...

Forum: Tech Log

7th Jan 2015, 15:08

Replies: 58

Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Automation in Aircraft

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Posted By island_airphoto

Computers are great - until they aren't. Then...

Computers are great - until they aren't.
Then killing yourself and maybe somewhere between 1 and a few hundred passengers because you either never could fly or forgot how is not really a good thing....

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