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Establishing, maintaining, and handling the inevitable connection issues of the data connection necessary to remote pilot an aircraft is a lot more work than in
by rexaliquid 7y ago
Establishing, maintaining, and handling the inevitable connection issues of the data connection necessary to remote pilot an aircraft is a lot more work than integrating a "best route" algorithm with existing autopilot features, automated radio communication, and calming cockpit UI.
- nroets 7y agoUntil StarLink has proper coverage.
- denkmoon 7y agoEven then, would you really want to rely on that?
- zarkov99 7y agoI was assuming that this was a solved problem, given how prevalent drone warfare is now.
- ceejayoz 7y agoThe military can easily afford other aircraft to serve as relays and satellite data connections that a general aviation pilot probably can't. Even then, it's problematic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93U.S._RQ-170_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93U.S._RQ-170_incid...