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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by SilasX on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:28AM (#22306069)
Yes, the public holds misconceptions about how much the autopilot on a plane does. But some of their beliefs are accurate, and would be dangerous when extended to a car: like how, when the plane AP is engaged, you don’t need sub-second reaction times for possible obstacles. You do need that in a Tesla.
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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by Piskvorrr on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:47AM (#22306768)
Fairly sure that you do need that for autoland, to engage TO/GA (for go-around) and take control. Most other cases, AP disengagement indeed means "now we think about what next".
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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by hugh-avherald on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:29AM (#22309552)
No. Required reaction times would be around 2-3 s. Even if you took 10s, you're not going to die -- you might hit the edge lights though
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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by Piskvorrr on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:03PM (#22311672)
At which point you're arguing semantics: "it's not the short landing that kills you, it's the impact into whatever you hit there!" You're describing Asiana Airlines 214, whose crash killed 3.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214

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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by hugh-avherald on Thursday February 13, 2020 @07:59AM (#22317346)
No I'm saying the pilot flying an aircraft correctly configured for autoland in which the autoland system encounters a fault does not require subsecond reaction times to avoid a crash.

Asiana Airlines Flight 214 is irrelevant because (1) it was not correctly configured for approach, (2) the autopilot was switched off over a minute before the crash, and (3) the autopilot did not fail.

The parent of this thread was an argument over whether a aircraft flying on autopilot needs the pilot monitoring it to have subsecond reaction times to avoid a crash. It doesn't.

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