Ken_Kopp
New Member
The last 10 years has really seen a dramatic increase in not only cockpit integration but also the sheer volumn of information available at a glance to the pilot. This is mostly viewed as a good thing but it can also lead to higher workload and loss of SA when that information changes rapidly..
I'd like to see Data Fusion and decision making aids in the GA market. Equipment that can take weather, traffic, aircraft performance and limitations, even pilot experience and recent performance and synthesize it to provide the pilot with more than raw information but refined Courses Of Action (COA's) to help make the best decision given the circumstances.
For example: You having only flown the minimum number of instrument approaches in the past few months embark on a night IMC cross country flight. Along the way the Decision Aid Computer (DAC)checks the weather and notes that along your route of flight (as loaded into the GPS) is deteorating quickly. It then suggests a new route based upon known traffic, current range capacity, and airports with approaches it knows you've practised and are profient at while taking into account aircraft performance for terrain clearance...etc. It may give you several choices or one optimal choice with which you press a button and all your systems (GPS, Comms, Auto-Pilots, etc..) update to reflect the new course of action..datalinking the requested change to ATC for near realtime approval or modification...You as the PIC still make the decision but you don't have to process all the detailed data while flying to determine all the options.
For fun VFR flying you can turn the DAC off and do everything manually, but for those dark, lonely nights, in bad weather over the ocean or mountains the DAC may be your best friend...
DYNON- if you decide to build this I'd like to volunteer to beta test it for you!!!
Standing by for return fire!!
CDR Ken "Spanky" Kopp, USN
I'd like to see Data Fusion and decision making aids in the GA market. Equipment that can take weather, traffic, aircraft performance and limitations, even pilot experience and recent performance and synthesize it to provide the pilot with more than raw information but refined Courses Of Action (COA's) to help make the best decision given the circumstances.
For example: You having only flown the minimum number of instrument approaches in the past few months embark on a night IMC cross country flight. Along the way the Decision Aid Computer (DAC)checks the weather and notes that along your route of flight (as loaded into the GPS) is deteorating quickly. It then suggests a new route based upon known traffic, current range capacity, and airports with approaches it knows you've practised and are profient at while taking into account aircraft performance for terrain clearance...etc. It may give you several choices or one optimal choice with which you press a button and all your systems (GPS, Comms, Auto-Pilots, etc..) update to reflect the new course of action..datalinking the requested change to ATC for near realtime approval or modification...You as the PIC still make the decision but you don't have to process all the detailed data while flying to determine all the options.
For fun VFR flying you can turn the DAC off and do everything manually, but for those dark, lonely nights, in bad weather over the ocean or mountains the DAC may be your best friend...
DYNON- if you decide to build this I'd like to volunteer to beta test it for you!!!
Standing by for return fire!!
CDR Ken "Spanky" Kopp, USN