More Words to look
add-list

www.use-in-a-sentence.com

English words and Examples of Usage

Example Sentences for "autopilot "

Air Force F-16s tracking the plane could only watch as it flew on autopilot for over 1,000 miles, ran out of fuel, and plunged into a South Dakota swamp.

In its (reefered) EgyptAir story, the Post notes that the data recorder reveals no abrupt movements and that the plane maintained its compass setting during the dive, which occurred eight seconds after the autopilot shut off.

) It is unknown whether the autopilot disengaged automatically or manually, most papers merely note this fact in passing, but the Post oddly attributes this uncertainty to "sources close to the investigation.

The NTSB did not give any specifics about the contents of the cockpit voice recorder, but the papers publish leaked details: Just before EgyptAir's autopilot is turned off, the cockpit door apparently opens and shuts several times and then a pilot utters what appears to be an Islamic prayer--whether as an expression of alarm or of suicide is unknown.

The autopilot is an electronic system that manipulates the three "control surfaces" that determine an airplane's course: the movable panels, called ailerons, on the back of each wing that allow the plane to bank right or left, the tail rudder, which turns the aircraft's nose, and the elevators, which point the plane up or down.

On commercial aircraft, the autopilot and autothrottle are controlled by an advanced onboard navigational computer called the flight management system (FMS).

If a human is in command, he or she must make the changes by hand, with the autopilot engaged, these adjustments are made automatically.

Autopilots also improve fuel efficiency and passenger comfort, since the adjustments made by an autopilot are more subtle and accurate than those made by hand.

When human pilots take control--usually during takeoff and landing, and occasionally in mid flight--it's largely because they need to stay in practice, not because the autopilot would be unable to fly safely.

(In fact, in bad weather, the FAA may require that pilots allow the autopilot and FMS, which don't rely on visual cues, to land the plane.

) Pilots also take command in turbulence since an autopilot would waste fuel and possibly exacerbate the bumps by making many adjustments to keep the plane on a steady course.

If a pilot doesn't disengage the autopilot before taking control, the FMS interprets his movements as outside forces and instructs the autopilot to work against them.

7 more results not shown.

Academic English Words List and Example Sentences
Example sentences with the autopilot , a sentence example for autopilot , and how to make autopilot in sample sentence, Synonyms and Collocations for autopilot how do I use the word autopilot in a sentence? How do you spell autopilot in a sentence? spelling of autopilot


Search Example Sentences for any English Word here ....


Translate Cambridge Dictionary Meaning Longman Dictionary Meaning Macmillan Dictionary Meaning Oxford Dictionary Meaning Collocations Synonyms

Share on Facebook