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Along with new technological advances, planes now take off automatically with Airbus thanks to the system called ATTOL.
Airbus successfully performed the first fully automatic takeoff in a test aircraft of the Airbus family at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The test crew consisting of two pilots, two flight test engineers and one engineer initially took off at around 10:15 a.m. 18 December and made a total of 8 takeoffs over a period of four and a half hours.
“The aircraft performed as expected during these tests.. As we complete the lineup on the track, waiting for clearance from air traffic control, We connect the autopilot ”, said the captain of the Airbus test pilot, Yann Beaufils.
“We moved the throttle sticks to the takeoff position and monitored the aircraft. Started moving and accelerating automatically keeping track center line, at the exact rotation speed entered into the system. The nose of the aircraft began to rise automatically to take the expected climb value and a few seconds later we were in the air «.
Instead of depending on for example an Instrument Landing System (ILS), which is currently used with ground installation used by passenger aircraft in service at airports around the world where the technology is present, this automatic takeoff was enabled by image recognition technology installed directly on the aircraft.
Automatic takeoff is an important milestone in the shooting project, autonomous takeoff and landing (ATTOL) by Airbus. Released in June 2018, ATTOL is one of the technological flight demonstrators that Airbus is testing to understand the impact of autonomy on aircraft.
The next steps in the project will be when automatic landing and taxi sequences based on analysis of external parameters are carried out in the middle of the 2020.
Airbus' mission is not to advance autonomy as a goal in itself, but to explore autonomous technologies along with other innovations in areas such as materials, electrification and connectivity. In doing so, Airbus can explore the potential of these technologies to address the key industrial challenges of tomorrow., including improved air traffic management, shortage of pilots and improve operations in the future. At the same time, Airbus is seizing these opportunities to further enhance aircraft safety and ensure that today's unprecedented levels are maintained..
For autonomous technologies to improve flight operations and overall aircraft performance, the pilots will remain in the center of operations. Autonomous technologies are essential to support pilots, allowing them to focus less on the operation of the aircraft and more on making strategic safety decisions and managing each operation.
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The plane is controlled by a joystick that is on the left hand but there is also one on the right hand but it is not clear why the camera does not take full space the copilot could be pulling back the joystick
If you pay attention, the co-pilot tells him not to do it, He only has the sidestick in his hand in case he needs to act in a situation unrelated to takeoff.
The proof I think is real
But I don't think that technology is in common use in aviation. Many parameters and situations come into play that it is difficult for an instrument to discern about the decision to be made.
There will always be a human behind, I do not doubt that.
That is not true,The airbuses are managed with a joy stick that is on the left hand and on the right hand of the co-pilot, If you look closely, the captain is holding it to control the plane when taking off
If you look even better, the pilot only has his hand on the sidestick as a precaution in case he needs to take control.