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Which is ironic, because this is the kind of automation they've been building into planes for years and consequently air travel is safer than it's ever been.
by letitbeirie 6y ago
Which is ironic, because this is the kind of automation they've been building into planes for years and consequently air travel is safer than it's ever been.
737 Max fiasco notwithstanding - it's worth mentioning that MCAS had nothing to do with flying the plane, only making it feel more like the 737NG to its human pilots
- sofixa 6y ago> it's worth mentioning that MCAS had nothing to do with flying the plane, only making it feel more like the 737NG to its human pilots Not entirely true, the original issue is that the engines are bigger and the center of gravity is moved forward ( because the 737's are too low), thus the planes tend to stall. MCAS is there to correct the stall so that they feel more like 737NGs, but the issue is forcing bigger engines on an obsolete design.
- mrguyorama 6y agoHow much machine learning and black box decision making does autopilot in a plane do? My understanding is none, or nearly none. VNAV follows GPS waypoints with well described, manually designed behaviors for things like climb rate, bank angle, etc. Autoland isn't machine learning either, and has such a large list of requirements to be allowed that it's basically like designing a self driving computer for a train.