Synthetic vision: Youtube re "could you land safely in IMC

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Synthetic vision: Youtube re "could you land safely in IMC with synthetic vision?"

9/17/2018 6:35 PM

ComputerDoc

Joined: 4/1/2012

Posts: 269

Re: Synthetic vision: Youtube re "could you land safely in IMC with synthetic vision?"

Hi Mike,

You wrote, in part..."Since we are just now scratching the surface of SV, I am sure 5-10 years from now we will have even BETTER solutions!"

I agree with your projection as reasonably likely*. If you consider how significantly enhanced iFly GPS has been in the last decade... all in incremental steps, that projection seems reasonable.

Seems possible that virtual vision combined with ADS-B becoming fully real, could eventually reach a point where using it for IMC landings could make the current ILS seem as outmoded as GPS has made navitagtion by VOR.

Alex

* The caveat being that our current administration doesn't break the whole ATC system with something as risky as privatizing it?

9/25/2018 6:29 PM

Michael Marra

Joined: 3/26/2014

Posts: 706

Re: Synthetic vision: Youtube re "could you land safely in IMC with synthetic vision?"

I have tried, but can only get down below minimums with S.V. I would not be able to land in 0/0 with just S.V. ....yet!

Mike N714AJ

9/25/2018 7:21 PM

ComputerDoc

Joined: 4/1/2012

Posts: 269

Re: Synthetic vision: Youtube re "could you land safely in IMC with synthetic vision?"

"Michael Marra wrote:

I have tried, but can only get down below minimums with S.V. I would not be able to land in 0/0 with just S.V. ....yet!

Mike N714AJ

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Thanks for the reply and the nice screen-shot.

As I either might've said, or is implied, nobody with any decent judgment should or is expecting or counting on being able to land in 0/0 with S.V.

I'd consider it useful information if I had indications that with reasonable practive I could convince myself I could reliably get to even within 200 feet of the runway and 200 feet AGL on approach with it. Point being that as small as the chance is that I'll ever allow myself to get into 200/200 visibility 0/0 is even much less likely.

BTW: In the various reports I've read from pilots testing, as you have, how well or how poorly they could land with S.V. there was one IMO very useful suggestion that I think I will cross post into our suggestions subforum: On pilot suggested that a synthetic glide path VASI showing in the SV view would be helpful.

Alex

10/2/2018 4:14 PM

Michael Marra

Joined: 3/26/2014

Posts: 706

Re: Synthetic vision: Youtube re "could you land safely in IMC with synthetic vision?"

Landing at Bloomsburg, PA (N13) using S.V. - you can even see the bridge over the river to the left of the approach!

Soon this will be good enough to get a landing!

Mike N714AJ

10/6/2018 5:29 PM

Michael Marra

Joined: 3/26/2014

Posts: 706

Re: Synthetic vision: Youtube re "could you land safely in IMC with synthetic vision?"

I tried using the approach in S.V. all the way down to the surface -- I think I would need to mount the computer on the panel as with it on the yoke, it is not stable enough...

Still give a lot of great info!

And just over the runway....

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