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1. SEMISTER 3RD
ROLL NO: 03

2. An Autopilot is a system used to guide a vehicle
without assistance from a person.
 Aircraft required the continuous attention of a pilot.
 The constant attention led to serious fatigue for pilot.
So that autopilot is designed to perform some of the
tasks of the pilot.

3. The first aircraft
autopilot was developed
Elmer Ambrose
Sperry, Sr. in 1992.
Demonstrated by his
son Lawrence
Sperry in 1914.

4. There are mainly 3 types of autopilot
A single-axis autopilot usually manages both the
ailerons.
 A two-axis autopilot manages elevators and ailerons.
A three-axis autopilot manages all three basic control
systems ailerons, elevators and rudder.

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6. The heart of a modern automatic flight control system
is a computer.
Computer gather all the details required to control the
plane.
 From sensors located on the airplane surfaces.

7. They collect data from other airplane systems and
equipment also.
 Which
includes gyroscopes, accelerometers, altimeters, compa
sses and airspeed indicator, altitude indicator.

9. complex calculations accurately
 The processors
, compare it to pilot.
 It perform the same duties as a highly trained pilot.
Autopilots don't just make flights smoother , they make
them safer.
 It reduce the fatigue to pilot due to constant attention..

10.  Autopilots can and do fail.
 It can’t be override.
Airplane should be crashes if pilots have failed to
disengage the automatic flight control system.

11. A position sensor can also fail, resulting in incorrect
input data to the autopilot computer.
 Even if on autopilot mode, pilot need to be active.

12.  Most commercial jets have had autopilot.
Even smaller planes are incorporating autopilot
systems.
Garmin, Thales ,Rockwell Collins and Honeywell are
some manufacturers of autopilot.

13. The Garmin bringing true automatic flight control to a
new generation.
Autopilots are also used in boats (known as self-
steering gear), space craft, missiles.

14.  How stuff works?!
How Autopilot Works at www.howstuffworks.com .
 Autopilot
At en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopilot .