can a plane land its self??

Question

if yes what types of planes and how do you do it on fsx??

Answer 1

Yes, they can, FSX airplanes dont have the autoland feature that a real airplane has... it uses a CAT-III ILS approach and in real-life you have to arm the "autoland" but thats just another way that FSX is just a game...
As for more on autoland, its a feature on autopilots for nearly all commercial airliners and is certified to land in up to 0-0 visibility using the ILS glideslope and then giving the controls to the radar altimeter for the flare... the only requirement for visibility on these landings is that you can see the taxiway to turn off the runway...

Answer 2

Yes. Before takeoff everything is programmed into the FMC (MCDU on an Airbus). Automated flying is the most common method these days because it is much smother and comfortable for the passengers - not to mention less work for the pilots. The manual flight controls are very sensitive and any abrupt adjustment could seriously injure or even kill passengers. Today's pilots although 100% qualified to fly manually, are mostly "systems managers" - meaning that they oversee all of the instruments during flight. In order to be allowed to fly a commercial jet however, they have to pass all kinds of flight simulator emergency situations i.e. engine out on rotation then truck on runway, etc. etc. etc....... Most pilots however land themselves. It gives them something to do - plus the approach speeds are slow enough to avoid the aforementioned. Takeoffs are also done manually.

Answer 3

Most, if not all, commercial airlines and most commuter and business aircraft have been able to land themselves for the last 20-30 years. The F-14 even had autoland good enough to land on a moving carrier in zero visibility conditions. I expect other carrier aircraft have similar capabilities.

Landings in very low visibility conditions are always flown by the aircraft.

The link below discusses an Airbus autoland system, others are broadly similar.

Answer 4

Yes they can using an ILS(Instrument Landing System). It consists of two antenna arrays (localizer and glideslope) that emit a radio signal from the runway in to the air that follows the predetermined approach for the runway, kind of like an invisible box that goes into the air. The air traffic controller directs the pilot in to this box. Then the pilot switches on the ILS in his aircraft and when the plane goes outside of this invisible box, it automatically corrects its heading or altitude until it gets in it again.

Answer 5

Every commercial air plane can land itself. The pilot just has to give all the controls over to the computer. Pilots flying into San Francisco do that often, because of the fog. It's safer that way.

Answer 6

definite the plane can land itself, the equipment is named "vehicle-Land", yet no longer all airports have the floor kit required to apply it. An autopilot is purely there to take the burden of the mundane bits off the pilot, so he can talk approximately extra considerable issues. ask your self, would you believe your existence completely to a gadget, with no one there to computer screen it? in element of actuality, we purely used vehicle-land on uncommon events while the climate became such that we easily had to, or purely to maintain forex using it. A gadget will do what that's instructed, a pilot can think of for himself if it is going incorrect.

Answer 7

All modern planes can land by them selves. For instance the boeing 777 is capable of landing completely automatically.

Answer 8

Yes some can.. It's called fly by wire

Answer 9

i dont think so. otherwise there wouldnt be any pilots onboard.

Answer 10

I guess there is a difference between land and crash.