Quartz: Your plane could fly itself by 2025…if you’re cool with that
#16
Join Date: Jul 2013
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What do you think the computers on the A320 did? The computers flew the aircraft. For Airbus aircraft, the human just puts in inputs, the computers decide what to do with those inputs.
The only thing a human did that the current generation of flight computers can not do is press the ditch switch.
The only thing a human did that the current generation of flight computers can not do is press the ditch switch.
I think all of that is doable but I think the odds of such a system being certified any time in the foreseeable future are about zero.
#17
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
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Those of us old enough to remember "Popular Mechanics" magazine will take all this with a very large grain of salt. Technology enthusiasts have ALWAYS said "in ten years" or "just around the corner" for this sort of thing...and those predictions are NEVER realised....
BTW Popular Mechanics... where is my flying car and personal submarine? you PROMISED!
BTW Popular Mechanics... where is my flying car and personal submarine? you PROMISED!