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Ion01 · 05-17-2006, 01:42 PM

I haven't read the whole thing, I will later as I am at work now but it sounds totally possible but incredibly complicated and expensive. What about a simple system like on the firebird freedom. It has a simple anti crash system that simply has a infared camera that sees the horizon and compensates. I also new someone who put one on a f-86 that had a puller prop up front. It worked good enough to keep him from crashing when he used it. A simple and cheap system like this would make more sense. If you get a hit and it goes into failsafe mode then it cuts the engine, levels out, and glides back on a set glide slope. You could even give it a little rudder so it would glide in a long lazy circle until it was down. A cheap easy way to save the plane and people.

Anyways, that thought hit me as I was reading and I wanted to get it down while it was fresh in my mind. I will read the rest later.

Btw-I read an article about a man who was decapitated on a elevator. Apparantly, 30 die anually in the US alone in elevator and escelator accidents. Our hobby is very safe but it is still nice to see people trying to make it safer.

05-17-2006, 01:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ion01 Grad of CrazyGoNuts Univ. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Age: 26 Posts: 789	Re: read this and tell me what you think... I haven't read the whole thing, I will later as I am at work now but it sounds totally possible but incredibly complicated and expensive. What about a simple system like on the firebird freedom. It has a simple anti crash system that simply has a infared camera that sees the horizon and compensates. I also new someone who put one on a f-86 that had a puller prop up front. It worked good enough to keep him from crashing when he used it. A simple and cheap system like this would make more sense. If you get a hit and it goes into failsafe mode then it cuts the engine, levels out, and glides back on a set glide slope. You could even give it a little rudder so it would glide in a long lazy circle until it was down. A cheap easy way to save the plane and people. Anyways, that thought hit me as I was reading and I wanted to get it down while it was fresh in my mind. I will read the rest later. Btw-I read an article about a man who was decapitated on a elevator. Apparantly, 30 die anually in the US alone in elevator and escelator accidents. Our hobby is very safe but it is still nice to see people trying to make it safer.