Amazing new autopilot system can safely land a plane if the pilot is incapacitated Most pilots flying today have access to the aircraft parachute, which allows them to eject and float to the ground in the case of plane trouble. But if the pilot is incapacitated and can’t activate the para...
While many flights by plane are controlled automatically by machines,most people today wouldn't let their car drive itself.That's because currently the autopilot function on your car can only keep it on the same course you are travelling on.It won't turn the car right or left.It won't ...
It offers a great range too, so you can use it instead of flying commercial. This aircraft’s best feature has got to be the ESP (Electronic Stability Protection) autopilot system, for those times when the pilot needs a break or is struggling to keep the plane under control. 6. Eclipse...
The plane was perhaps 50 feet above the ground, but at least there was a smooth gravel under-run and the wheel pants were off. I had just enough energy to flare with a soft touchdown. I prepared myself for landing short. What an embarrassing end to the second leg of my Private pilot...
That makes picking up girls at a smelly noisy club look like a total amateur move. It’s a natural pressure-free kind of way to break the ice whenever you want…Almost on AUTOPILOT. But full of that natural vibe and passion women feed off. (Sort of like in the movies.) And let’s...
It's just an abstractthingwhere you push a few buttons, and then auto-magically your plane locks in to the correct pitch and glide scope, and then voila, you land. RNAV is viewed similarly, I think. We simmers have the disadvantage of not getting any real trai...
Landing during LVPs is a complicated task too. Since the minimum visibility needed for a manual landing is 550 meters (approx. 1,800 feet), pilots must rely on autopilot for the landing, according toFlight Deck Friend. To land where there is low visibility, airports have to have high-level...
Early in the flight, a controller apparently is giving instructions to the man flying the plane. Man flying plane:"Yeah, that's all mumbo ju... -- I have no idea what all that means. I wouldn't know how to punch it in. I'm off autopilot." ...
Flying a plane is the prime example. And therein lies the rub: Automation can be too much of a good thing. Large parts of our lives are already running on some form of autopilot or soon will be – think driverless shuttles picking you up curbside. Yet being freed from the need to ...
I had to shut off the part of my brain that wouldn’t stop feeding me anxious thoughts. Instead, I made myself focus on trivial matters at hand, like making sure my shoes were tied. After all, the big things were already taken care of: the plane, the parachute, the guide, the gear...