Single pilot operation
08-13-2021, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoosier Daddy
Reminds me of the old joke about the pilot and the dog. The pilot is there to feed the dog and the dog is there to bite the pilot if he touches anything.
The technology does currently exist. Maybe not to the level of commercial autonomy, but certainly as augmentation to single pilot capabilities. It would have to be set up to be flown autonomously in an emergency situation (pilot dies/is incapacitated.)
Expensive, no doubt, but it will eventually be affordable enough. Installing the system on 700 air frames once would be worth 6000 F/Os ad infinitum. But I see this more as including the capability on new aircraft vs retrofitting old aircraft. I'm sure I won't see it in my career.
The technology does currently exist. Maybe not to the level of commercial autonomy, but certainly as augmentation to single pilot capabilities. It would have to be set up to be flown autonomously in an emergency situation (pilot dies/is incapacitated.)
Expensive, no doubt, but it will eventually be affordable enough. Installing the system on 700 air frames once would be worth 6000 F/Os ad infinitum. But I see this more as including the capability on new aircraft vs retrofitting old aircraft. I'm sure I won't see it in my career.
Rhino thru the python.
You don't have the bandwith. And we won't until we find a new way to packet the info. That is decades away
I thought you were a test pilot?
You should know better.
08-14-2021, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Boomer
Most of the Part 121 safety advancements in the last 20 years have come from improved CRM.
Single-pilot operations eliminate CRM.
Single-pilot operations eliminate CRM.
08-14-2021, 06:01 AM
#46
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Originally Posted by Drum
One problem.
Rhino thru the python.
You don't have the bandwith. And we won't until we find a new way to packet the info. That is decades away
Rhino thru the python.
You don't have the bandwith. And we won't until we find a new way to packet the info. That is decades away
A powerful ground-based jammer could block all SATCOM over a very large area. And it could fit in a uhaul van.
08-16-2021, 09:32 AM
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Tesla under federal investigation for too many autopilot crashes...
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/10280...topilot-system
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/10280...topilot-system
08-16-2021, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
The computer could provide CRM to a single pilot via electrical stimulus (electrodes attached to key anatomy). FOQA with instant feedback.
08-18-2021, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
The computer could provide CRM to a single pilot via electrical stimulus (electrodes attached to key anatomy). FOQA with instant feedback.
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