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by dingo_bat 3604 days ago
If I'm not wrong, autopilot can follow set route also and if the airport supports it, it can land autonomously too. Tesla's use of the term is highly misleading.
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antmldr 3604 days ago
No, but granted we're getting into semantics. Feature 1 you describe is provided by the Flight Management System[0], and feature 2 is provided through Autoland[1]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_management_system [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoland
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