Autopilot questions for small GA aircraft
Some of the aircraft I fly do have them. All are single axis. You can
select HDG to follow the bug or NAV to follow a VOR, and some other
modes I haven't tried. One apparently will follow the GPS but I
couldn't figure the GPS out last time I flew that plane. One of the
other club planes, a Twin Comanche has alt hold as well as hdg hold. I
think a couple of our planes have autopilot disconnect switches handy
to your left hand as well.
The Clubs 172R will hold heading and altitude, and runs on NAV, HDG
or GPS modes. I liken its GPS to using the VI text editor in Linux -
only those who know how to use it can use it. The rest of us just use
the radio function and thats it.
Someone is going to have to show me how to use that some time!!
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