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Old March 11th, 2008, 10:53   #3
brent p h
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Default Re: Autoland functionality

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Originally Posted by Velocipede View Post
I do. It is reliable about 95% of the time. However, do you want to bet your life on the 5% on a Cat III day?

That's why I prefer the HGS over the autoland system, but that's just me.
Understood... However what does that 5% entail? Does the flight system omit the flare or does it start "fishtailing"? I suppose a Xwind component might make things kind of hairy. I don't have any heavy jet time yet (other than flight sim) but I was just curious about the phenonenon.
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