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I think you’re trying to solve the wrong problem, though with a lot of the right tech. Basic stick and rudder skills aren’t that hard, save perhaps for crosswi
by speedbird 2y ago
I think you’re trying to solve the wrong problem, though with a lot of the right tech.
Basic stick and rudder skills aren’t that hard, save perhaps for crosswind landing/takeoff.
Envelope protection and emergency auto land are good, but I think already done by other companies.
Taking existing controls (stick and throttle) but giving them different names and making them command inputs rather than controls, but ones that vary what that command is subject to the IMPLICIT mode the aircraft believes it’s in (TOGA, land, cruise, taxi etc) are sowing the ground for confusion - look at all the analyses of Airbus incidents due to pilots not understanding what modes the aircraft thinks it’s in due to combination of control and sensors and control law fallbacks due to failures. The idea is sound but pilots lulled into complacency with normally simplified handling get into wild and sometimes fatal rides when things go amiss. Spend time on Mentor Pilot’s excellent channel.
Personally I think one of the biggest improvements to safety would be a decent AoA display and warning system for all aircraft.
Next up a solution to VFR into IMC, with subsequent loss of control or terrain / obstacle impact, which is effectively a use case of envelope protection and emergency autoland.
This tech exists, it’s just not in most of the fleet and not triple redundant.
Finally, rather than trying to make an aircraft more like a car, or only being confident flying your aircraft within a narrow regime, go do some aerobatics and unusual attitude training so you get a feel for how the wing really flies.