Mooney 201 question

Ron Natalie wrote:
Robert M. Gary wrote:


But not if the course reversal is a hold right?

Nope, the 480 does exactly one turn around the hold (unless you
press SUSP then it sits there and goes around until you release it).

Intertesting. The G1000 is not that good. It crosses the hold and puts
a message above the attitude suggesting an entry. Once it crosses the
hold it goes into suspend mode and then puts the hold at the top of the
sequence. As a result, it crosses the holding fix and then tries to do
a 180 to get back to the fix. As a result, it just wonders around. The
expectation is that you will engage "heading" mode in the autopilot.
However, once you turn back final inbound, it does automatically
unsuspend and sequence after recrossing the holding fix. If you want
multiple holds you have to manually suspend it again.

-robert