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DA42 Completes AutoLand For non-ILS G.A Airports
Researchers at a TUM in Munich have devised a system that uses a camera, advance GPS, and fly by wire to autoland DA 42 at facilities with no ground instrumentation such as ILS etc.. Also adding A safety feature they say that could autoland the aircraft if a single pilot was unconscious... (www.diamondaircraft.com) Altro...
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Not one comment- OK this is amazing for GA
Im with you buddy. This is the future :)
Agreed.. it’s been in the works for a couple years, is really gonna be game changer
This was posted about a month ago, so I guess that's why?
Didn’t catch that.. apologies if it was but I didn’t get a flag when I posted it.
i don't get all hot and bothered over this- i handfly ifr single and multiengine aircraft, love the tactile responses to the inputs, and enjoy using my brain to integrate all the guages in front of me into stable flight. This may be some logical outgrowth of electronic systems, but it is the mind of a properly trained and confident pilot that makes safe flights and smooth landings, not some microsystem
