Fly-by-Wire EASA CS23 – ATOL-Mission Accomplished
Fully automated mission with Diamond DA42!
FlySmart-FBW23 - aim of project achieved! On September 18th, 2015 the Diamond DA42 demonstrator aircraft performed its first fully automated controlled mission at Wiener Neustadt Airfield, Austria (LOAN).
An automatic mission comprises:
| AutoTakeOff | Automated take-off from stand-still (aircraft manually aligned at center line) |
| AutoCruise | Automated flight along a predefined 4D-trajectory |
| AutoLand | Automated landing including rollout |
Press Coverage
| aopa.org | Diamond debuts autoland system (2015/09/22) | |
| Aerokurier.de | Diamond DA42 landet automatisch (2015/09/18) | |
| All Things Aero Media | First Diamond Aircraft "eSafe" Auto Landing (2015/09/18) | |
| Flieger Magazin | Diamond DA 42 landet automatisch (2015/09/17) | |
| AVweb.com | What Diamond's Autonomous Flight Trial Means (2015/09/09) | |
| AVweb.com | Diamond's Autonomous DA42 Completes Autolanding Tests (2015/09/08) |