GA Autoland
09-25-2015, 02:26 AM
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GA Autoland
DA42 in Autoland mode.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...t=email#224900
Diamond Aircraft, as AVweb reported last week, has been working with the University of Stuttgart to develop an auto-land system for the DA42, and on Monday, they posted a video of one of the test landings. The system is highly redundant, and requires no ground support, the test engineers said. They also added that they plan to test an automatic takeoff feature later this month. The DA42 also has been used recently in unmanned flight tests, conducted by Aurora Life Sciences, in New York. Those flights were the first to utilize a large-scale fixed-wing aircraft in any of the FAA’s six designated unmanned aircraft test sites.
The video was posted on YouTube on Monday.
The video was posted on YouTube on Monday.
11-12-2015, 02:03 AM
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At re-current training the instructors tell of a client that auto-landed a straight wing Citation,, I believe a II or a V? Due to the Battery doing a thermal runaway and dropping thru the elevator cables. AP cables run thru the upper fus in that model so they just let an ILS fly them into a runway
11-12-2015, 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Stihlsaw
At re-current training the instructors tell of a client that auto-landed a straight wing Citation,, I believe a II or a V? Due to the Battery doing a thermal runaway and dropping thru the elevator cables. AP cables run thru the upper fus in that model so they just let an ILS fly them into a runway
11-12-2015, 12:50 PM
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Just let the auto pilot fly to approx 50ft (depends on what airframe) then select ALT HOLD and bring back the thrust levers. When you touch down, the auto pilot will disengage and whaaa-la!
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