Sorry for the shit image quality but here’s another ad by the same company for a better idea of it
Flew over the may day rally in San Francisco.
They’re dabbing on us
/- Matt christman
Sorry for the shit image quality but here’s another ad by the same company for a better idea of it
Flew over the may day rally in San Francisco.
They’re dabbing on us
/- Matt christman
I mean they use autopilot for most of the flight.
In a lil Cessna banner plane?
Uhh yeah, almost all planes have an autopilot system.
Cesnas don’t have the fully hydraulic avionics needed for autopilot, no?
Since when is that a requirement? Other types exist.
You can use linkages and mechanics in automation too, not just fluids, pneumatics as well.
I really didn’t think Cesnas were as modern or complex as to have that sort of arrangement … I can’t think how it would make economic sense.
That being said, we live in an age of long range drones being based on light aircraft, so maybe they can be retrofitted these days?
Modern…? Why do you think it’s complex?
They’ve been around since 1912.
What’s this about economic sense? It’s to make pilots jobs easier and allow longer flights.
Because Cesnas are very lightweight, low powered, and cheap.
And I was thinking of the sort of modern autopilot that could actually navigate flying a complex pattern over a city in order to best show off the banner.
Having said that, I bet there’s some law against using autopilot at such low altitudes.
Go read something.
Even Hondas have backup cameras and other driver conveniences. What does any of what you said have to do with autopilot?
And an autopilot can be as simple as trim control, if you think it’s only a total driving system, that’s on you.
They’ll cram AI in there given the chance
Which isn’t (yet) AI.
Still isn’t a human, the distinction is irrelevant.
A computer or a set of instructions is handling it, instead of a human, saying it’s Ai or not instead is missing the entire point.
You are saying one’s okay, but not the other? How would they be different?