The eternal question. Are the planes land alone, or do the drivers manually?
response Yes and no. I mean, many planes can land themselves, however, requires the monitoring of the maneuver by the pilot. By this I make it clear that the presence of the pilot is very important. But explain this a little more.
Years ago, engineers invented a gadget called ILS. This gadget guide the pilot during the approach and landing. And how? Very simple, like a "game " is involved, the pilot must move the controls of the plane to get it to align the "little cross " pink. Here you have a photo to you will see it. The horizontal line shows our bias "in height, and vertical deviation" horizontal. "
response Yes and no. I mean, many planes can land themselves, however, requires the monitoring of the maneuver by the pilot. By this I make it clear that the presence of the pilot is very important. But explain this a little more.
Years ago, engineers invented a gadget called ILS. This gadget guide the pilot during the approach and landing. And how? Very simple, like a "game " is involved, the pilot must move the controls of the plane to get it to align the "little cross " pink. Here you have a photo to you will see it. The horizontal line shows our bias "in height, and vertical deviation" horizontal. "
Depending on the level of visibility, environmental conditions, landings can be classified into 3 categories ( CAT I, CAT II and III CAT). The latter can be classified in other 3 (CAT IIIa, IIIb CAT, CAT IIIc), the last ( CAT IIIc ) for visibility zero. To land in a particular category must be satisfied not only that the airplane is equipped with ILS appropriate device, but also that the airport is equipped with the corresponding aids and the pilot is certified to perform the maneuver! So I say, that the presence of the pilot is very important. I leave a landing CAT III :
And the question is: Could not the onboard computer alone align the 2 little crosses? Yes, you can do. This is known as Autoland . In this case, the plane, align, position, down, touch the ground, stabilizes and restrains himself! What does it all go. Of course, not all planes are not equipped to Autoland. The system is triply redundant, ie there are three things each, if any of the flight computers fail. And the pilot does in these cases? For monitoring the operation, because in case of failure, should take control of the aircraft. In this link you can read (in English) the procedure conducted by a pilot.
To complete a very very good video, which shows how far the potential of Autoland (think the plane is about 250km / h!!):
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