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Conflict between pilots and software possible cause of crash
You will rarely have a good outcome if the aircraft software overrides the pilots instructions. Shades of the 737Max problem. (www.timescolonist.com) Ещё...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
If the AP is on and the computer sees manual inputs, shouldn't the system auto disengage or at least "warning AP engaged"
It is...that is 1 of the off switches. Thing is, it also is not suppose to engage at that low an altitude. These things have been a PITA since getting the damn things.
Particularly in helicopters, when autopilots can move flight controls without physically moving the cyclic or collective, the pilot can get out of the loop. According to the story this helicopter crashed at high speed. At high speed the retreating blades lose lift and a roll will result. If the autopilot was correcting for this and the pilot felt a “normal” stick they may not know they are on the edge of trouble until it was too late. Things happen very quick at that point. The helicopter had hovered alongside the boat earlier for pictures. Maybe this was a high speed pass for pictures. The boat crew saw the crash. I don’t know another reason the helicopter would be going so fast that close to the boat it was to land on.
Whoever designed this website should be ashamed. The type is so small you need 20/10 vision to read it. Plus it stretches all the way across the screen. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Don't quit your second job. Pay someone to redesign this mess.
Perhaps you should check your display or browser settings. Mine is just fine and perfectly readable with or without my glasses (sadly, I'm at the bifocal stage now).
Flying is a lot more than just button-pushing, or at least it is supposed to be. The laws of physics are still analogic...