Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability

Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by zarkov99 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @02:25PM (#21412000)

Would it be a lot simpler to have a remote pilot access the controls? Why go through all this ?

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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by rexaliquid on Thursday October 31, 2019 @02:33PM (#21412094)

Establishing, maintaining, and handling the inevitable connection issues of the data connection necessary to remote pilot an aircraft is a lot more work than integrating a "best route" algorithm with existing autopilot features, automated radio communication, and calming cockpit UI.

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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by zarkov99 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @08:46PM (#21415283)

I was assuming that this was a solved problem, given how prevalent drone warfare is now.

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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by ceejayoz on Friday November 01, 2019 @12:15PM (#21420435)

The military can easily afford other aircraft to serve as relays and satellite data connections that a general aviation pilot probably can't.

Even then, it's problematic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93U.S._RQ-170_incid...

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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by nroets on Thursday October 31, 2019 @05:55PM (#21414126)

Until StarLink has proper coverage.

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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by denkmoon on Thursday October 31, 2019 @07:10PM (#21414720)

Even then, would you really want to rely on that?

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