Pilotless planes could save airlines billions
08-11-2017, 11:14 PM
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Communication with ATC, VORs, way points, airways, SIDs, STARs, ILS/RNAV/Visual approaches, etc are eliminated, everything will be doppler lidar with synthetic vision. This completely eliminates the need for a pilot to have any experience before being hired at an airline.
Similar to this system.
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08-12-2017, 12:46 AM
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DP routes are standard in Latin Terrain and lots of Mexico. It's to avoid hitting a mountain when you descend due to a depressurization.
You'd have to ask the Airbus folks what it does when it descends in an area that doesn't require a DP. My guess it'd just do the emergency descent for you to 10,000.
Software wise, it could be programmed to select the nearest suitable alternate (using a database with runway length, approaches, etc) and fly to that point and autoland. It's just coding. The framework is all there.
You'd have to ask the Airbus folks what it does when it descends in an area that doesn't require a DP. My guess it'd just do the emergency descent for you to 10,000.
Software wise, it could be programmed to select the nearest suitable alternate (using a database with runway length, approaches, etc) and fly to that point and autoland. It's just coding. The framework is all there.
08-12-2017, 01:52 AM
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08-12-2017, 02:38 PM
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LIDAR probably not even needed -- WAAS GPS and synthetic vision provides enough for safe aircraft operation. I've (nearly, down to around 40 feet) landed my 182 with synthetic vision and a safety pilot for kicks, and I'd do it single pilot in an emergency without a doubt.
08-12-2017, 05:39 PM
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LIDAR probably not even needed -- WAAS GPS and synthetic vision provides enough for safe aircraft operation. I've (nearly, down to around 40 feet) landed my 182 with synthetic vision and a safety pilot for kicks, and I'd do it single pilot in an emergency without a doubt.
08-12-2017, 09:50 PM
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The solo PF will have to pass an alertness test every few minutes, or get a shock from his kazoo electrode. Two successive failures would trigger the PNFs kazoo electrode, summoning him to the cockpit. If either pilot's implanted brain sensor picks up "negative waves", the emergency ground nerd will be alerted by a shock from his kazoo electrode. 
08-13-2017, 06:14 AM
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The solo PF will have to pass an alertness test every few minutes, or get a shock from his kazoo electrode. Two successive failures would trigger the PNFs kazoo electrode, summoning him to the cockpit. If either pilot's implanted brain sensor picks up "negative waves", the emergency ground nerd will be alerted by a shock from his kazoo electrode.
08-13-2017, 05:44 PM
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The solo PF will have to pass an alertness test every few minutes, or get a shock from his kazoo electrode. Two successive failures would trigger the PNFs kazoo electrode, summoning him to the cockpit. If either pilot's implanted brain sensor picks up "negative waves", the emergency ground nerd will be alerted by a shock from his kazoo electrode.
08-16-2017, 08:54 PM
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Augmenting with vision / camera analysis as opposed to LIDAR. There is a lot of knowledge gained from the self driving car projects (Uber went with Lidar and has been using this for 3D external mapping of surroundings, but Tesla has done well with just image analysis from a few cameras).
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