> Well, *routine* operations can be automated for us, but there are still > mid-flight emergencies which auto-pilot only planes can't handle. Like > hydraulic failure (thus having to steer by engine manipulation), or > ditching, or crash-landing. > > -- > Troy Guffey
In what way is a routine operation different from an emergency one? Plane companies have records of what goes wrong and how often. They can program for this just as well as anything else. On top of that the computer can react faster and will never make a mistake with good programming. Also the computer might have data that a pilot could lot get quickly enough in an emergency like air pressure over the wing, material stresses and other subtle factors of flight. Did you look at just how much ground info that robot spy plane can gather? I am sure it could be programmed to use that for a very nice ditching. This plane could take off, fly, land and taxi 10 years ago! -- Douglas E Knapp Why do we live? _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
