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Old July 31st 10, 09:32 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default Stability augmentation promises to give you even less control

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And you know the software is "poorly-tested" how?


Decades of software engineering. Thorough testing is a mathematical
impossibility (or, more specifically, it is "computationally infeasible").

The system does not fly the airplane and is not an autopilot.

It "senses that the pilot has lost control" and recovers.


Do you want an airplane that "senses" that you've "lost control" and
"recovers"?

You might want a bus with an automatic system to keep it from drifting into
opposing traffic, but would you want a sports car that tries to keep you in
your lane whenever it "senses" that you might be moving out of it? What's the
point of operating a vehicle for fun if it's going to watch over your shoulder
and try to take over every time you exercise your freedom to drive as you see
fit?