@Daniel_Fernandez wrote:
If I’m not wrong in current runway autotakeoff the plane tries to keep initial heading.
In a narrow runway this has some disadvantages:
If you just taxi the plane to the takeoff point it is very difficult to leave it in the center of the runway and perfectly aligned with the runway heading.
Even if the plane looks perfectly aligned a small heading error from the compass makes the plane deviate from the center of the runway very fast and too often reach the edge before rotate speed.
In proffesional autopilots like Cloudcap’s Piccolo you just set target waypoint like 200m past the end of the runway and at certain altittude. Then the plane takes off trying to follow the line from the takeoff point to the takeoff target point, so accuracy in initial heading is not so important.
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