emsvitil
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How long before it's affordable?
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Except the throttle controls altitude, not airspeed......to advance throttle/reduce throttle to get to the right airspeed.
"...Except the throttle controls altitude, not airspeed..."
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Except the throttle controls altitude, not airspeed...
If the G3X is coupled to a GTN and flying a LPV approach then the throttle is the only way you can control the airspeed. If there is another way with the aircraft being controlled by "GEORGE" and flying the Glide Slope please tell me.
I expect "autoland" is just a really really long coupled approach and throttle would control airspeed and "GEORGE" is controlling elevator trim to maintain the desired altitude.
Comments?
All the media I've seen on this so far talks about autoland as a tool for emergency situations. Pilot incapacitation and the like. Can the system also be used just as an autoland by the pilot i.e. without the automated airport selection, without the automated radio calls and without the 'hey idiot watch this video or die' canned videos taking over the displays.
A couple of people have mentioned the need for a radar altimeter to determine the height for the landing flare. Seems that Garmin has a much less expensive solution for this - a LIDAR sensor that they currently sell for USD 130.
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/557294
This is being used already in some of our experimental planes as a component of this product:
https://www.enginebridge.com/product/landing-height-controller-copy/
Does the landing lidar have a continuous display mode, or is it voice only?
Don't forget servos for the brakes. Otherwise the system would have no way of steering or stopping once on the runway.