[NFBP-Talk] FW: autopilots for ultralite aircraft

[Josh Kennedy]

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From: Corey Reed
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 09:56
To: Josh Kennedy
Subject: Re: autopilots for ultralite aircraft

Hello Josh, 

I love how you are not letting anything slow you down!  There has been lots of talk in the aviation world about an autopilot that would function with voice commands.  I do think it will be an option in the future but unfortunately I do not see it happening for a few years.  If/when it does come out in the future I think it will be hit HARD with rules, regs, and limitations.  When something like this is available I am sure it will only be allowed to be used above a specified altitude and restricted on approaches and low level operations.  The big jumbo jets have autopilot systems that will fly the airplane onto the runway but because the expensive and rigorous testing the autopilots must go through, the end product is so expensive.  I do not think it will be feasible to install an 80 thousand dollar autopilot on an ultralight.

Speak up to the National Federation of the Blind and get something like this in front of their face and force it to become a reality instead of just maybes and future dreams.  I think it is a good idea and like I said, I have heard others asking the same questions you are.  

Hope this answered your questions.  

Corey Reed 
TruTrak Flight Systems
1488 S Old Missouri Rd 
Springdale, AR 72764 
Phone: 1 (479) 751-0250
www.trutrakflightsystems.com









From: Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> 
To: "custserv at trutrakap.com" <custserv at trutrakap.com> 
Sent: 8/17/2018 9:31 PM 
Subject: autopilots for ultralite aircraft 
Hello,
 
My name is Josh Kennedy. I recently got into playing eurofly flight simulator found at:
 
http://www.eurofly.stefankiss.sk/
 
I also know that the National Federation of the Blind was, for a time, really interested in cars that drive themselves. But I am very very good at playing eurofly and I have many flying hours with that simulator as a blind pilot. So my question is this. Could the autopilot systems that you make be adapted, to work with android phones or tablets, so that a visually impaired/blind person could fly his/her own ultralite aircraft safely and successfully? On windows I use NVDA for my screen reader.
 
www.nvaccess.org
 
But I think for aircraft systems a self-voiceing android appp on a phone or tablet Bluetooth connected to the autopilot would work best. I use the google Talkback screen reader on my android devices. I also use Nearby Explorer gps for navigation. Due to the fact that self-driving-cars have lots of problems at the moment, perhaps, for people who are blind, ultralite aircraft with autopilots would give us/them more independence when traveling. So do you think this could be done? Could an ultralite be adapted so someone who is blind could fly it safely with autopilot, wearing headphones and a helmet, where every single instrument and gage will talk using a text-to-speech-engine such as Nuance Vocalizer Expressive TTS. Please let me know if you think this would be possible.
 
Thanks
 
Josh Kennedy
 
 
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