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Hasn't autopilot had "auto-land" technology for many years now? How is Garmin's different?
by dangwu 4y ago
Hasn't autopilot had "auto-land" technology for many years now? How is Garmin's different?
- arianvanp 4y agoNot really. You need to intercept an ILS beacon and not all airfields have them and you still need to find the intercept. Garmin allows true auto landing without ground equipment
- jaywalk 4y agoGarmin's is literally "oh shit the pilot passed out!" and an entirely inexperienced passenger can push a single button, ending up with the plane stopped on the nearest appropriate runway with the engine off. The autoland system in airliners requires a lot of setup by the pilots and continuous monitoring all the way down, plus working ILS (instrument landing system) equipment at the airport.
- nopcode 4y agoWhen flying private, my pilot told me: “just press this button when I have a stroke or something”. Almost 20 years ago. Ignorance is bliss I guess.
- jaywalk 4y agoYeah, I don't know what button he would have told you to push, but it definitely wouldn't have landed the plane. I don't think there were even automatic wing-leveling systems that far back.
- scottyah 4y agoUS military drones have been doing it for decades now.
- wolverine876 4y agoHow successfully? An bad landing for a drone is much less costly than for a plane with people in it.