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by lkschubert8 1178 days ago
Isn't flight autopilot an easier problem than ground vehicle autopilot?
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nradov 1178 days ago
Flight autopilot is easy if you only have to fly from one point to another. The hard part is dealing with emergencies. We are far from being able to build an autopilot that could react as well as the human crew did during US Airways flight 1549.
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namaria 1178 days ago
In airliners that cruise for hours at 3 times the height of the highest mountains...
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hardlianotion 1178 days ago
Yes
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