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originally posted by: MisterMcKill
a reply to: Zaphod58
Anybody else think that this is a slippery slope?
originally posted by: mightmight
Well call me sceptic. Lets believe for a moment all this talk about reduced workloads and near full automation is actually a thing. Fine.
There is still the very real danger of overwhelming the pilot, just in a different way. In simple terms, with legacy aircraft the pilot needed to ‚work‘ the jet and had little time left to pay attention to what else was going on in the AO. You have your mission, stick to it, the end.
Today, with 5th Gen and all, the aircraft flys itself. And it gives you all this awesome information on just about everything within 1000 miles. And with the equally awesome jet you ride in you can actually be and do just about anything.
But at what point is the sheer magnitude of battlespace information and tactical possibilities to much for a human to handle, no matter how much software you throw at it?
At what point will the pilot simple be lost in a overflow of information?
Its not that all this isnt a great capability to have, but throwing all this stuff on the lone guy or gal outthere flying high in the skies over bandit country is the wrong way to approach this IMO.
No matter how much software, automation and workflow reduction you try to use to make this work, the cockpikt will still be manned by a scared pilot high on adrenaline pushing the boundaries of human efficiency at Mach .9 .
The obvious solution for this potential issue is larger platforms and crews. All this networking stuff is awesome (if it works) but dont dump it on the pilot in the first line. Just use a command & control asset with more than one crewmember a hundred miles back to coordinate everything.
Its obvious IMO. And maybe its already a thing.
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: Zaphod58
So if they didn't get a software update the F-35 it would still give substandard performance?
The more I hear the more I think the F-35 is the Windows Vista of the fighter jet. It boggles the mind that a software update can hinder an aircraft that costed more than a billion dollars to develop when that moolah could go into developing more sophisticated drones that don't endanger a pilot.
DA2 United Kingdom DA2 undertook envelope expansion, flight control assessment and load trials. The aircraft first flew on 6 April 1994 as ZH588. The flight control assessment included development of the Eurofighter's "carefree handling". On 23 December 1997 DA2 became the first Eurofighter to achieve Mach 2 and in January 1998 undertook refuelling trials with a RAF VC10. Like DA1, DA2 was upgraded in 1998 with new engines, ejector seat and avionics and rejoined the test programme in August. In 2000 the aircraft was covered with 490 pressure transducers; due to the fact that they were covered by black pads and had associated wiring the aircraft was painted in a gloss black scheme. The pressure transducers measured the effects of various weapons loads and external fuel tanks. In 2002 the aircraft undertook ASRAAM trials, completed carefree handling trials and commenced DASS decoy trials.[4]
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Charts85
And when you add in the fact that the code for the F-35 makes the coding for every other aircraft ever built look like child's play, it just makes it worse. Commercial aircraft code is nothing compared to what's going into the F-35. Sometimes I'm impressed they're as far as they are with it.
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: Zaphod58
So if they didn't get a software update the F-35 it would still give substandard performance?
The more I hear the more I think the F-35 is the Windows Vista of the fighter jet. It boggles the mind that a software update can hinder an aircraft that costed more than a billion dollars to develop when that moolah could go into developing more sophisticated drones that don't endanger a pilot.
originally posted by: Flanker86
EU's latest plans are to copy the F-35 and also infiltrate and copy the ABM systems that are in Romania and Poland. Those copies would then be sold to Mexico and Cuba to be used against the US in a pinch attack in coordination with British Canada.
Wow Why does this Remind me of Astr0?