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[-] pacjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 11 months ago

That's good and not. The good thing is they found it, but the bad thing is that the autopilot still needs some work.

It's not really an autopilot if it crashes after pilot ejects.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 21 points 11 months ago

I'm assuming the pilot didn't eject from a perfectly good aircraft, so we can't necessarily blame the autopilot.

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

I don’t think they do auto-landings.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

They don't, but the autopilot could use some tweaks. Like turning on a transponder after an ejection while on a training run.

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

It's surprising they didn't know exactly where it was at all times. I'd assume it already had GPS transmitter or something on? Maybe they don't, for stealth. But wouldn't the FAA know where it is?

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 6 points 11 months ago

Also not very stealthy if they found it after all /s

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