there is a interesting clip on Youtube of a interview with Dick
Johnson last year at SAA and his thoughts on future gilding stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cplDc-60DEI
talks about thermal detection etc.
On 14/07/2009, at 7:46 AM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
At 07:46 PM 13/07/2009, you wrote:
(Do the FAI rules say anything about autopilot in gliders? Huh?)
- mark
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Now that's a good topic.
It would be quite simple to have pitch and flap setting
automatically controlled in cruise to fly MacCready.
Keep roll for the pilot to feel the air. As for yaw the ball can be
kept in the middle automatically.
In thermals, bank angle hold and airspeed hold would reduce
workload. Over-rideable at any time by moving the stick.
Mike
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