Autopilot use during approach

Ron Natalie wrote:
Ray Andraka wrote:


If your POH supplement for the autopilot has operating limitations, it
isn't legal to use contrary to those limitations. Mine doesn't allow
use of the autopilot with the landing lights on, for example. You
won't find these anywhere in the AIM or FARs, but they are just as
binding as one of the regulations.


But it is one of the regulations...91.9 causes anything that's in
the flight manual limitations to have the force of regulation.

I've pointed this out to McMuffin before but he refuses to learn.


Right, I meant that he wouldn't find the specific restriction for his
airplane in the FARs. All that is there is 91.9 that, as you point out
basically says that you cant operate contrary to your POH.

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:05:49 -0400, Ron Natalie
wrote:

Ray Andraka wrote:


If your POH supplement for the autopilot has operating limitations, it

My POH for the Deb and an auxiliary section for the SP. It doesn't
state any limitation for the S-Tec 50. Howeve the 50 is only capalble
of flying either a heading (DG coupled) or the localizer. It can only
hold altitude so any profile use is out. So it amounts to the thing
only being able to hold a course and/or alitude and those are its
built in limitations. It does work very well on step down approaches
as long as the pilot remembes the proper power settings.

BTW it really it's more than a wing leveler as can do standard rate
turns as well. At last I'd call it more than a wing leveler.

isn't legal to use contrary to those limitations. Mine doesn't allow
use of the autopilot with the landing lights on, for example. You won't
find these anywhere in the AIM or FARs, but they are just as binding as
one of the regulations.

But it is one of the regulations...91.9 causes anything that's in
the flight manual limitations to have the force of regulation.

I've pointed this out to McMuffin before but he refuses to learn.