Re:Planned GPS outages in southern California
by mattkrause on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @12:53PM
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I don't understand why you'd want this averaging behavior at all.
When trying to get the plane onto the center of the runway, both pilots' actions are probably pretty correlated, and averaging could remove any noise (e.g., twitches).
But in many other circumstances, it seems like it would be downright dangerous. Something's in front of the plane. One pilot goes to the left, the other pulls to the right, and the system averages the commands and smashes straight into it.
The benefits of a marginally straighter landing don't seem like they would outweigh the potential of a massive catastrophe.
When trying to get the plane onto the center of the runway, both pilots' actions are probably pretty correlated, and averaging could remove any noise (e.g., twitches).
But in many other circumstances, it seems like it would be downright dangerous. Something's in front of the plane. One pilot goes to the left, the other pulls to the right, and the system averages the commands and smashes straight into it.
The benefits of a marginally straighter landing don't seem like they would outweigh the potential of a massive catastrophe.