Timeline for Are helicopters easier to fly nowadays due to computers?
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| Mar 19, 2022 at 6:51 | comment | added | Koyovis | @supercat probably not, unless it would be a hard-over failure or the failure mode would cause an offset to one side. | |
| Mar 18, 2022 at 23:16 | comment | added | supercat | @Koyovis: Would that be an issue at altitudes that were safe for single-engine hovering outside ground effect? | |
| Mar 18, 2022 at 21:30 | comment | added | Koyovis | @JonathanReez yes indeed, starting with single pilot experimental craft which have lower safety requirements (the pilot puts only their own life at stake). | |
| Mar 18, 2022 at 21:26 | comment | added | Koyovis | @supercat yes if the automated system is fail-safe the pilot can take over and land. If in a hover close to the ground tthere is not much leeway and they will need to be alerted. Fail-safety of the system and alerting the pilot would have to be proven effective during certification though. | |
| Mar 18, 2022 at 17:05 | comment | added | releseabe | @JonathanReez It seems like the key to many of the new flying machines (not necessarily helicopters) is being simpler to operate than a car. Conventional helicopters wouldn't be able to compete, it seems to me, without becoming way easier to fly. | |
| Mar 18, 2022 at 16:56 | comment | added | JonathanReez | So hypothetically, it should eventually be possible for untrained people to easily take off, fly and land helicopters? | |
| Mar 18, 2022 at 16:30 | comment | added | supercat | How hard would it be for even an experienced pilot who was hovering when a stability system failed (involuntarily disabled itself) to transition to a stable non-hover flight and then land safely? If a craft was being used for aerial cinematography, an automated hover system might be needed to accomplish that purpose, and a failure might prevent one from getting the intended shots, but if the pilot could take control of the craft and land it, such failure shouldn't represent a safety risk. | |
| Mar 18, 2022 at 9:16 | history | edited | Koyovis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 18, 2022 at 5:32 | history | answered | Koyovis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |