Stability augmentation promises to give you even less control

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk @See My Sig.com writes:

Then you probably won't be buying an aiplane with this feature.

Unless manufacturers start installing it in everything, or the government
requires its presence.

Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

True in general but this has nothing whatsoever to do with the system under
discussion.

It has a lot to do with it. A system that decides to "stabilize" the aircraft
because it thinks you have "lost control" is indisputably related to this.

Nope, your statement was blatent nonsense.

The system in question is not "making decisions behind your back".

It depends on how smart that silent copilot is.

When the silent copilot is a computer, that depends on the barely-tested,
bug-laden software that it is running.

Your posted nonsense asked how useful would a silent copilot be and the
answer to that is exactly what I said above and that holds no matter whether
the silent copilot is human or a computer.

It is only your opinion as self declared, unemployed software engineer
that the software of the system in question is "barely-tested" and
"bug-laden" and you have zero evidence that such is true.


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Mxsmanic wrote:
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LOOK UP CRM.

There is no CRM with a computer.

Ice cream has no bones.


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On Aug 4, 12:45*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
LOOK UP CRM.

There is no CRM with a computer.

So stop playing computor games and get into a real aeroplane

On Aug 3, 7:45*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
LOOK UP CRM.

There is no CRM with a computer.

LOOK UP CRM.

On Aug 3, 10:36*am, "Stephen!" wrote:
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Someone who doesn't fly for a living.

OK, then single pilot in real IMC.

* You haven't lived until you've piloted an SEL over the mountains in solid
IMC without an autopilot. *I logged 2 hours IMC in a 182 over Montana a few
weeks ago. *That was a LOT of fun! *

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There was something in the literature recently about using a/p in IMC
is safer, but from my point of view I am much more aware of what's
going on hand flying (and have done so over the Rockies) than sitting
back and 'managing' the airplane while it's on auto pilot..

A sad confession is the a/p does do a better job of keeping the
needles crossed on an ILS than I do, but the correct interpretation of
that is, I need more practice at it than the a/p does. A huge 'and
moreover' is, I want hands on near minima, don't want to mess with the
a/p if I have to fly a miss, and don't want to transition from a/p to
manual when I decide conditions are not right for a landing.

Aviators understand this stuff.

writes:

LOOK UP CRM.

No need, I know what it stands for.

a writes:

There was something in the literature recently about using a/p in IMC
is safer, but from my point of view I am much more aware of what's
going on hand flying (and have done so over the Rockies) than sitting
back and 'managing' the airplane while it's on auto pilot..

The workload for single-pilot IFR is substantial, particularly in actual IMC.
This is an important argument favoring the suggestion that autopilot be
heavily used for IFR. With two pilots, things are easier, although an
autopilot might still be preferable.

At least the autopilot only does what it is told. At the same time, it does
encourage a certain amount of complacency, which has even bit airline pilots
on more than one occasion.

A sad confession is the a/p does do a better job of keeping the
needles crossed on an ILS than I do, but the correct interpretation of
that is, I need more practice at it than the a/p does.

There's no shame in an automated system doing better than a human being at
something it is designed to do.

A huge 'and
moreover' is, I want hands on near minima, don't want to mess with the
a/p if I have to fly a miss, and don't want to transition from a/p to
manual when I decide conditions are not right for a landing.

Aviators understand this stuff.

It depends on the aircraft and the type of flying.

On Aug 4, 9:19*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
LOOK UP CRM.

No need, I know what it stands for.

NO YOU DON'T.

Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

LOOK UP CRM.

No need, I know what it stands for.

You may know what the words of the acronym are but you obviously don't know
what it means or you wouldn't have written what you wrote.


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