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> Also, autopilots even in a commercial jet keep the plane steady along a route, they don't deal with collisions at all... Yes, they do. Then the problem is wh
by wott 10y ago
> Also, autopilots even in a commercial jet keep the plane steady along a route, they don't deal with collisions at all...
Yes, they do. Then the problem is when the 2 autopilots of the 2 planes take the same evasive manœuvre...
- paulmd 10y agoAh, the awkward old dance where two people try to walk through the doorway and end up mirroring each other's movements trying to get out of each other's way... The aviation world actually solved this problem a long time ago. Everyone turns to their right. FAR 91.113: > (e) Approaching head-on. When aircraft are approaching each other head-on, or nearly so, each pilot of each aircraft shall alter course to the right (among other collision-avoidance regs in that section)
- caf 10y agoI'm pretty sure the aviation world inherited this protocol from the nautical world.
- crzwdjk 10y agoThe planes talk to each other and run a common protocol that tells the pilots what to do to resolve the conflict. The problem is when one of the pilots doesn't listen to the nice robot voice yelling at him to DESCEND NOW!...
- Animats 10y agoTCAS has the unit with the higher serial number yield to the one with the lower serial number.