How autopilot on an airplane works

Autopilot is a flight-control system that allows a pilot to fly an airplane without continuous hands-on control.But this feature isn't as automatic as you might think. There's no robot sitting in the pilot seat and pressing buttons while the real pilot takes a nap.A modern automatic flight-control system is made of three main parts: a flight-monitoring computer, several high-speed processors, and a series of sensors placed on different parts of the plane.Visit Business Insider's homepage for mor