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As the pinnacle of motorsport, could F1 at some point go to autonomous racecars?
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:19 pm
As technology advances, will there be a day when a human driver can be removed from the car?
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Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:30 pm to weagle99
If they completely opened the formula humans could not drive the cars, especially the deceleration Gs would make it near impossible to not black out. That said I don't think taking the drivers out of the cars would be commercially viable now or any time soon. When the day comes that people no longer drive cars/planes etc it will likely happen but that is likely a couple of generations away.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:54 pm to weagle99
Then it would just be a video game.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:56 pm to PrimeTime Money
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Then it would just be a video game.
more like life sized slot cars with virtual slots
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:59 pm to weagle99
Are you serious, Clark?
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:13 pm to weagle99
Isn't part of the attraction of motor sports is that death is on the line?
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:35 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
All major series have been working to eliminate that danger.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:36 pm to AlonsoWDC
I am. I don’t see why this is such a weird question. F1 only cares about advancement.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:37 pm to weagle99
Nah. I think the future of motorsports will eventually be with electric motors like Formula E.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:39 pm to weagle99
What’s the fricking point? That would fail so bad.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 7:43 pm to weagle99
Don't follow the sport, but I thought people were fans of the drivers themselves. Not the cars
Posted on 3/27/18 at 8:13 pm to weagle99
Rather than autonomy, I think its more likely to evolve to a form of egaming, with the cars remotely piloted by nerds
Posted on 3/27/18 at 8:42 pm to Sevendust912
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Don't follow the sport, but I thought people were fans of the drivers themselves. Not the cars
Some are, but most are fans of a particular manufacturer.
:Tifosi for life:
Posted on 3/27/18 at 8:51 pm to weagle99
There will be an automated car race, but it won't start in F1.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:00 pm to Obtuse1
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f they completely opened the formula humans could not drive the cars, especially the deceleration Gs would make it near impossible to not black out. That said I don't think taking the drivers out of the cars would be commercially viable now or any time soon. When the day comes that people no longer drive cars/planes etc it will likely happen but that is likely a couple of generations away.
Friends wife is a flight attendant and she said that the pilots hardly fly planes as it is. They essentially do just about everything on their own, including landing.
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Question: Can large commercial airliners be landed with only computers and no pilot intervention? -- submitted by reader Raymond, Charlotte, N.C. Answer: Many modern airplanes can autoland. These new generation jets can fly the approach, flare, touch down, track the centerline of the runway, apply brakes and deploy the ground spoilers. They cannot apply thrust reverse and cannot turn off the runway. It requires significant pilot input to set up the autoflight systems for the approach, and to arm the proper modes of the systems. I would not say there is no pilot intervention, but it is accurate to say the pilots are not manually flying.
there was actually a plane crash years ago where the autopilot disengaged and the pilots didn't know how to fly the plane and read the gauges and it stalled out and crashed in the ocean. So now they require pilots to learn to fly at height and speed if autopilot fails.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:08 pm to Sevendust912
Lightning McQueen says hi
Posted on 3/28/18 at 5:06 am to weagle99
So, no more World Champion?
Posted on 3/28/18 at 5:45 am to Chucktown_Badger
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Friends wife is a flight attendant and she said that the pilots hardly fly planes as it is. They essentially do just about everything on their own, including landing.
Your friends wife doesn't know what she is talking about. Probably why she is a stewardess.
They are already promoting gaming competitors alongside F1 drivers.
This post was edited on 3/28/18 at 5:49 am
Posted on 3/28/18 at 8:38 am to weagle99
I get bored when real life drivers don't have personality, so I can't imagine how bored I would be with no drivers at all.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 9:02 am to PrimeTime Money
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Then it would just be a video game.
I've watched drone racing, and it isnt the worst thing I've ever seen. Who knows?
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