Originally Posted by
AxlF16
And that clean sheet aircraft will be designed using the people and processes that brought us the 737 Max.
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Ain't that the truth...
Interesting read about the issues they (Boeing) are now having with the 787's in one of the recent AW&ST.
We are WAYS from this happening... though not around the corner- probably somewhere on the distant horizon.
Originally Posted by
LeeFXDWG
Motch
Hope all is well.
While I have some background knowledge on such a concept, I really can’t go into it. Suffice it to say not only would the aircraft have to be firewalled but the data link comm and the operations center managing the aircraft.
The RQ4 reference in an earlier post demonstrates that very point. DARPA commander told me in 1995 the U-2 would be retired by the year 2000…..
The UCAV would replace manned fighters…..
Not.
We are not even close and agree there will have to be simpler demonstrations of success such as autonomous taxis well before the dynamic three dimensional world of aviation is considered plausible much less viable.
Amen.
All good here, thanks for asking (and PM sent).
Every time I fly, I realize how important a human being is in the cockpit. No matter WHAT they try to do to stream line the operations, the "unknowns" continue to crop up.
Oh, and going into MCO the other evening we got 4 runway changes in a 10 minute timeframe. We stuck with the 3rd one but you have to wonder how a computer/AI would have handled that?!
FS, FP & FtC
Always
Motch