In the foreign press there were materials that, that 2019 , the US aircraft carrier group will receive a specially designed system approach for landing combat aircraft. We are talking about the system, called the Magic Carpet, which can be translated as "magic carpet". Magic Carpet – modernized system, which automatically controls the convergence of the aircraft with the deck of an aircraft carrier, and subsequent landing.
This innovative system should primarily be used in case of landing on aircraft carriers deck in difficult weather conditions, when rough seas or in, associated with poor visibility. Also, the "magic carpet" will allow the landing of aircrafts, received a certain damage, experiencing problems with navigation equipment.
What is the Magic Carpet? This software, which is installed on-board computers F-18 carrier-based fighters options and F-35, as well as electronic warfare aircraft EA-18G Growler. The program provides feedback to the aircraft carrier, determining the base points and summing configuration deck plane to a portion between the points. The "magic carpet" excludes the possibility of breaking one of the major parameters in aircraft landing on the deck.
So, under existing conditions pilots are forced to track and match with the necessary regulations on landing angle of attack, bank, tangaj. The new system allows the pilot to control one of these options, and all the other computer will "adjust" their own.
The initial version of the system on the deck planes of the US Navy were installed in 2016. However, pilots have reported some problems, More developers are eliminated for about 2 years, and now we intend to implement the already modernized version of Magic Carpet.
