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[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

If everything goes 'fzzzzt' you could have a dozen pilots on board and you are still going to die.

Not unless you have a system in place that allows pilots manual control, hence the reason a human 'should' be in the cockpit and the megajet consigned to this forum only.

[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

Not unless you have a system in place that allows pilots manual control, hence the reason a human 'should' be in the cockpit and the megajet consigned to this forum only.

Let's assume they eventually put together the megajet 2000. How long do you think it will take them to realize that all the pilot is doing is turning on the computer?

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

Let's assume they eventually put together the megajet 2000. How long do you think it will take them to realize that all the pilot is doing is turning on the computer?

Don't forget we designed the megajet to not have pilots, so now nothing can go wrong.

[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

Don't forget we designed the megajet to not have pilots, so now nothing can go wrong.

It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be better than the average pilot.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be better than the average pilot.

Absolutely, and like you said, the pilots are dead weight and just extra meat to pick out of the wreckage.......you saved my life dude.

[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

Absolutely, and like you said, the pilots are dead weight and just extra meat to pick out of the wreckage.......you saved my life dude.

Only if this discussion convinced you to stop smoking.

Do you think they would implement a system like this without testing in a simulator and comparing the results to human pilots?

[Sternjaeger II]

..sometimes I wonder whether David is doing some sort of university research and using this forum as his research playground

david, no matter how powerful and sensor-loaded you make a computer, if it doesn't have a conscience or a human-like self awareness it won't ever perform like a real pilot.

The control of an aircraft was developed to be piloted by humans, the route that Airbus has been advocating so far is unnatural and in many ways incompatible with the human operators.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

Only if this discussion convinced you to stop smoking.

Do you think they would implement a system like this without testing in a simulator and comparing the results to human pilots?

How can they, your design involves sensors that detect ships on the water, they can use a simulator all they like it just ain't the real world, I have no idea what they would do to go down that road, my guess is they will leech the tech from the military and their unmanned programmes.