Whilst Boeing works on getting steam back up on their single-aisle tugboat, Airbus has achieved a technological milestone. An A350 took off from Toulouse eight times over the past month automatically. Particularly interesting is the means of guidance. Unlike the standard RWY HDG mode that uses the ILS signal (I think), this aircraft was equipped with a new image-recognition technology, essentially giving it eyes on the runway. No it didn't set power or configuration but it did rotate and lift off with no pilot input. Airbus says the technology will soon allow the automation to taxi into position as well (and perhaps line-up and autoland). Think of the workload this will save! Actually, I'm not sure what this milestone is a milestone towards. The pilots aren't going away. Taxiing and rotation seem like reasonable things to ask of a human pilot. Unlike autoland, which achieves what human pilots cannot, I don't really see the goal here. Unless the artificial vision technology is infrared, it won't offer any advantage in restricted visibility. Perhaps it's an efficiency thing. Anyway, it's fascinating technology.
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Surely this is a step towards the 1 man cockpit. When the autonomous cars/trucks/buses show lower crash stats than the human controlled ones it's only a matter of time before 'fully autonomous' (1 man cockpit) planes, and for freight flights this is a no brainer!
[blue font]Looks like BB got out 'just in time'
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Originally posted by ATLcrew View Post
I didn't watch a Netflix special on Avocado production.
Non US entities were not all that angelic either.Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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Originally posted by Aldgyte View PostI've been shooting landings at HND and ITM last week, mostly to capture dust and burning rubber (not good enough for JP veting). It's disappointing how little dust ANA's airbusses produced compared with Boeings.
If these flights are conducting autoland, the A320 deploys ground spoilers at HALF SPEED, ONE SECOND after main gear compression, allowing for spin-up.
Another difference: during autoland, the B737 autopilot (unless upgraded) lacks a rudder channel, whereas the A320 decrabs and lines up automatically. If the B737's have a slight yaw angle on touchdown, that might cause more visible smoke.
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TBH I think that the runway condition could also be a factor. At ITM there is much less traffic on various sections of the runway used by lighter aircraft including the A320s, whereas the heavier craft use the other runway. At HND currently most (probably 80%) aircraft are landing near the same spot.
(PS my expertise is in Information Systems Management and my interest in dust is aesthetic)--
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Old memories. When I first flew the DC-9-10, it only weighed about 92.000lbs. We would arm the spoilers and at wheel spin up or something you got 3000lbs hydraulic pressure to the spoilers, bang, full spoilers and the struts bottomed out. One of the captains I flew with and I would try different techniques to smooth out the touch down, even manually extending them, which later when I was in the DC-8 you had to do, was about the only way to smooth it out.
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Originally posted by Evan View Post...However, if the system doesn't receive a valid wheel spin signal (maybe fairly common) the spoilers actuate immediately.
Be alert! America needs more lerts.
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Originally posted by elaw View PostWhy am I having trouble getting my head around the concept of a system that triggers "immediately" when something does not happen?
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Originally posted by kent olsen View PostOld memories. When I first flew the DC-9-10, it only weighed about 92.000lbs. We would arm the spoilers and at wheel spin up or something you got 3000lbs hydraulic pressure to the spoilers, bang, full spoilers and the struts bottomed out. One of the captains I flew with and I would try different techniques to smooth out the touch down, even manually extending them, which later when I was in the DC-8 you had to do, was about the only way to smooth it out.
All this stuff can be confusing.Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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