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Developer of X-Plane builds autopilot to land plane during engine failure
- kristopher 14y agoHere is a video of it in actual use [1] mounted on Austin Meyer's custom built Evo [2] [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl_Vmypg76k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl_Vmypg76k [2] http://www.x-plane.com/hardware/evo/evo.html http://www.x-plane.com/hardware/evo/evo.html
- GNUAerospace 14y agoGiven the low level of software quality and the abundance of software defects in the X-Plane product,no one should ever use this Autopilot in the absence of an FAA / EASA certification approval. A Certification process which is first and foremost based on the establishment of a safety culture of "life critical" product development which Laminar Research does not currently practice, and which is currently "ad-hock". Safety critical systems must never be developed with the "worse is better" mentality. "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." Richard Feynman
- GNUAerospace 14y agoThis product is also not "revolutionary" in any way, as Austin Meyer hypes. NASA developed this technology over a decade ago during both the AGATE and SATS research programs. http://cafefoundation.org/v2/tech_enablingtech_eCFI.php http://cafefoundation.org/v2/tech_enablingtech_eCFI.php