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True, and not just Airbus. Completely autonomous cargo planes with no crew have already transited the Atlantic. There is an intermediate step in the development from 2 pilots to 1 pilot. That is a pilot and a dog. The pilot's job is to feed the dog, and the dog is trained to bite the pilot if he tries to touch something. (No disrespect to pilots or weather gods intended.)

I noted that V11LM did not acknowledge the new year, somewhat. Not judging or feeling anything. Just noticing. I spent new year's eve at an historic Texas style dance hall in Albert. The main performer was Kyle Park; I was the only non cowboy guy in the audience. Everybody else wore cowboy boots, hats and could dance two step; I mean ladies too... However, I was the only one with a real ride.... all others were in trucks. I made up my mind though. I will be a cowboy too! In the song "RIo" just replace "horse" with "V11", and you are going to get it!!!

Two reason for hope: 1. I'll probably be dead by then and 2. The world may end. Does it occur to no one at Airbus that man may create that which is possibly equal to himself (but not self-repairing!) but certainly not greater? Sounds rather arrogant. I am reminded of ED209 in Robocop: I'm sure it's only a glitch"

Nope don't agree. The AP is used to relieve the pilots from hours of tedious "stick and rudder" work that simply tires them out mentally and is of no benefit or utility to maintaining or improving hands on flying skills. Better to have the pilots mentally fresh and alert for the approach/landings and take off/departure phases and also better monitor systems and navigation. A commercial pilot gets plenty of flying practice in the sim and daily approaches, landings, take offs and departures. Do your riding and driving skills improve by hours or endless droning along a freeway manually keeping your car exactly on speed to avoid speeding fines? Of course not, same with piloting. I have friends that use similar arguments about "Active cruise control" which is one of the best things with a modern car. Brilliant thing that relieves the driver of mentally sapping tedium and allows them to focus on more important aspects of driving. A functioning AP system is such a high priority on a commercial jet that trying to get approval to fly without at least one system operational even for a short leg to a main base/port for repairs is almost impossible. It's a very high priority system. The majority of commercial piloting issues these days are not about automation but training and discipline in the cockpit and in the airline and regulatory body systems of governance. Ciao

agreed Weegie. Realized conceptual engineering and fabrication is always a joy to watch, especially when it's a motorcycle. It being a Guzzi is the cherry on top. dumb move with the computer voice

I'm not complainin' .....

Haven't watched it all but that's an impressive amount of designing and machining. I suppose some would say it's OTT, or what's the point? Not me though I love all these impressive touches just for their own sake, it's an artwork. Pity the video uses computer generated narration, I find it hard to listen to.

Of course I have 15M maps for the hi cam engine if you need one John. Coilovers wouldn't look to special on a hi cam engine I don't think either. Ciao

Hi John, the procedure as I understand it is as follows. The ECU goes thru an initial process to determine the engines rotational status. Eg, which cylinder is where and in which state, compression or emptying the bucket. This is governed by the toothed wheel attached to the camshaft and the engine position sensor and takes several engine rotations. After the status has been established and verified the fuel phase table takes over. This table contains rotational degree values which are the starting point for the calculation of coil discharge and injector opening time. They are used in a backward calculation. Which makes sense if one considers that the behaviour of any coil is depended on voltage (and coil design characteristics) and the logarithmic charging characteristics. So the tooth wheel and the missing teeth provide the starting point for the capcom-ops in the code which do the pulse-counting. This starting point (from a rotational point of view it's behind TDC) is in fact the point at which the circuits are opened again. Meaning, the point at which the discharge of the coil or the opening of the injector end. So the calc looks like this: Endpoint (fuel phase table value) + coil charging time/injector opening time = coil discharge start/injector opening The code also contains a trim table to take care of the voltage dependencies. Eg, lower voltage requires a longer coil charging time/injector opening time to achieve the same effect due to the slower coil saturation. So, the answer to your question "Does the ECU vary the period it opens" is yes, it does. Based on the terrific analysis of the components used in the 5AM ECU done by John Th. we know that the current draw is used as another factor in the 5AM (and presumably later generations). I don't know if this current draw was already used in the 15M/RC. Cheers Meinolf

There are those among us who would say bringing up the Peugeot diesel in a Guzzi small block thread is on topic . . .

Off topic ! This forum ?

I so forgot "Mudcrutch" = Tom Petty + Mike Campbell. So great!

I've got "2" with "Beautiful World"

good band.. and followed by one of my favorite tunes by The Byrds

So, I had a little fun looking into the American phrase, "Balling the Jack." Adopted by early 1900s railroad men to mean going fast or "pouring on the steam." My Sport seems to like this style of "keeping on the boil" or "wickin' it up, mon!" . . . . Turns out "Ballin' the Jack" comes from an early 1900s ragtime music dance tune. Hard to keep still!

Nice! Thanks, @KINDOY2! That delightful melodica sound made me think of Toots Thielemans. I had to find something live and with good audio. Toots!