mxaxai wrote:Depends on how you want to use it. A Diamond DA42 performed an automatic landing in 2015 in Vienna. While I am sure autolands are possible using even CAT I ILS, you would probably not trust it to this point. Otherwise the results may look like this: http://avherald.com/h?article=445873f3/0000
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all ... and-system
https://youtu.be/RlaDeojkLcU
GalaxyFlyer wrote:You can't fly any ILS you find to CAT III mins, it has to be a CAT III ILS installation and approved approach IN THE WEATHER. Just flying an VMC, yes any ILS will do.
Yes, there are some approved HUD installations for autoland with 121 carriers. Didn't know anout the Diamond, would like to know details on the equipment.
Starlionblue wrote:GalaxyFlyer wrote:You can't fly any ILS you find to CAT III mins, it has to be a CAT III ILS installation and approved approach IN THE WEATHER. Just flying an VMC, yes any ILS will do.
Yes, there are some approved HUD installations for autoland with 121 carriers. Didn't know anout the Diamond, would like to know details on the equipment.
That's what I get for posting when I should already be asleep.![]()
My point was the system doesn't care about visibility but airport operations being LVO or not is very relevant because of protection of the ILS beam.
cloudboy wrote:Starlionblue wrote:GalaxyFlyer wrote:You can't fly any ILS you find to CAT III mins, it has to be a CAT III ILS installation and approved approach IN THE WEATHER. Just flying an VMC, yes any ILS will do.
Yes, there are some approved HUD installations for autoland with 121 carriers. Didn't know anout the Diamond, would like to know details on the equipment.
That's what I get for posting when I should already be asleep.![]()
My point was the system doesn't care about visibility but airport operations being LVO or not is very relevant because of protection of the ILS beam.
I understand that the airport needs a cat III landing system in place for it to be usefull. But I am thinking here about an airport that has Cat III due to bad fog conditions. Say a small operator wants to come in to operate flights, like say Cape Air. Knowing they would need Cat III, and assuming they would be qualified to use it, what is the smallest aircraft they could get that would be capable of using said cat III?
Fabo wrote:Fail op is an option on NG. Dunno about Max. It's quite rare though.
@benbeny: I don't think so. Icing is hit or miss, but winds tend to be quite calm in CAT III weather.
benbeny wrote:One more thing: cause autoland is usually needed on bad weather with high wind and probable icing condition, you'll at least need FIKI to use the full potential.