WingedFrog
Well Known Member
After reading with interest about the newly introduced "Autoland" from Garmin, I got to turn into a wild dream about a version for the Skyview that I call "Autoland for the poor man". I even planted this kind of a virus on the Skyview Forum, just for the fun of it! Here is what I posted:
After reading about the Garmin Autoland, I get the feeling that the Autopilot of the Skyview could be tweaked to provide a kind of Autoland service with the following additional simple tasks for the non-pilot:
- As we do not have Auto-throttle, the operator would have to move the throttle under the oral guidance of the system
- Same for the flaps although flaps are not necessary to land in normal conditions
- Same thing for the brakes - may be a little bit of differential brake training could help too
- Same thing for engine cutoff and cockpit exit
What says you Mister Dynon!
After reading about the Garmin Autoland, I get the feeling that the Autopilot of the Skyview could be tweaked to provide a kind of Autoland service with the following additional simple tasks for the non-pilot:
- As we do not have Auto-throttle, the operator would have to move the throttle under the oral guidance of the system
- Same for the flaps although flaps are not necessary to land in normal conditions
- Same thing for the brakes - may be a little bit of differential brake training could help too
- Same thing for engine cutoff and cockpit exit
What says you Mister Dynon!