Go to Nanwalek (KEB) airport in Alaska and use AI. I did it with a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan and it crashed every time. When is someone going to get AI working correctly??? I was able to take off and land with no problems flying hands on. What a mess!!!
Seems to me this airfield was one of the featured Landing Challenges a few updates ago. I’ve never been able to land here without blasting a huge crater in the runway.
The AI co-pilot crashes every time because the standard landing path goes right through a nearby hill. This isn’t the only airfield that is like this. Other airfields with obstacles near a runway have the same problem.
The AI co-pilot hasn’t learned how to do a side slip or a forward slip. Which is why they are the co-Pilot, not the PIC.
The AI copilot has many limitations. It cannot handle emergencies. It cannot recognize low or out of fuel problems. It will just continue flying until it crashes. If the aircraft is low on fuel, the AI copilot won’t land to refuel before continuing.
Why would you use AI? Dumbest feature, should never have been added. They should have saved the AI for ATC.
A previous version of MSFS, FS98?, had an “AI” auto-land feature so if one screws up or gets lost, enabling the auto-land would fly to and land at the nearest airport.
Recently IRL there is a company making an emergency auto-land feature for single pilot passenger aircraft. If a pilot becomes incapacitated, a passenger presses the “auto-land” button and the aircraft flies to the nearest airport. The autoland also handles all the ATC communication including declaring an emergency. I think this feature is being tested now for certification. “Life imitates art.”
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