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Humans could have remotely landed that plane, just like they do with drones every day.
by hnriot 13y ago
Humans could have remotely landed that plane, just like they do with drones every day.
- WalterBright 13y agoOn water? It needed every bit of that pilot's skill, which also meant every bit of feedback about the situation was needed. No freakin' way - there's no bandwidth for that amount of information.
- SEJeff 13y agoForgot to mention, I was a UAV Pilot of the Shadow 200 TUAV in the US Army and logged about 480 combat flying hours. Here is a pic of me in a Shadow Ground Control Station in 2002ish. As a result, I know a good bit more than most about UAVs, which most people refer to as simply "drones". On Wikipedia, I'm Enigmasoldier. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_control_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_control_station