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Yeah pilots don't use autopilot when taxiing in an airport. The equivalent environment of a plane's autopilot for a car is being on an empty race track. I'm su
by icc97 8y ago
Yeah pilots don't use autopilot when taxiing in an airport.
The equivalent environment of a plane's autopilot for a car is being on an empty race track. I'm sure Autopilot works well there.
- w0utert 8y agoAn empty racetrack that is perfectly mapped out in advance, at that. Plane autopilot just automates the control inputs/outputs that are needed to follow a predefined flight plan. For anything beyond cruising or following pre-programmed flight patterns like holding loops, it needs guidance from systems on the ground that have no other purpose than telling the plane exactly where the runway is and how to descend to it. There’s not a single system involved that uses vision-based methods and/or any form of object detection. Even the most advanced plane autopilot will not be able to land the plane if the airport systems are down. So in a way, the level of autonomy that Tesla’s autopilot provides is not that far from plane autopilot. That’s clearly not how Tesla PR sells it though.