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Autopilot for planes

More stuff on a later date

[work in progress]

This script is an autopilot for planes on planets. The planes need to generate some sort of lift either by using the plane parts mod or having some sort of drag mod.

[To be done]
- Safety check if runway is long enough for the plane to reach its safe takeoff speed
- Flying a given route instead of just one GPS point
- Reversers, Landing gear


[Requirements]
- 3 LCD Panels for reading data and setting up/controlling the autopilot
- a ship controller. You can mark it with [NAV] in the name. It is adviseable to choose the cockpit
- gyroscope group name: used for manuevering
- thruster group name: self explaining
- potentially airbrake group name: ...


[Features]

*Autopilot will manage speed, altitude and 'heading' depending on given values (the autopilot does not concern itself with obstacles. If you use an altitude that is too low the autopilot will fly into the mountain.)
*Several modes
**Takeoff: Autopilot will check if plane is aligned with runway (given as a GPS Start and End point). If so autopilot will take over the controls and automatically accelerate the plane and then rotate to take off. At a specific altitude the autopilot will switch to cruise mode. If the plane is too heavy for your thrusters to make the safe takeoff speed in time the plane will crash.
**Cruise: Manages altitude and speed and heads towards the given GPS point
**Patrol: Cruises back and forth between two given GPS points
**Landing: Will automatically approach a given runway (Start and End GPS point: Landing direction from start to end point) from the current altitude. Speed, altitude, Alignment are fully managed. It is adviseable to have at least some sort of drag enabled. The autopilot can detect touchdown and will automatically enable airbrakes (plane parts mod) on touchdown.