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Need help understanding KFC-200 operation
In article .com,
"Michael" wrote: Correct. The only time there is a datalink between the GPS and AP is when you have GPSS, and even then XTE is not what drives it. We've got GPSS in a couple of our planes (not this one). It's an add-on box that sits between the HSI the GPS, and the A/P (Century-2000 in that case). You engage the GPSS and put the A/P in HEADING mode. The GPSS widget then takes XTE (or maybe angular error?) from the GPS and synthesizes a heading error signal that makes the A/P do the right thing. Or, at least that's the theory. It's basically just a huge ball of duct tape interconnecting several systems that were never meant to talk to each other in this fashion. The one I've flown is hideously under-damped and just flies big S-turns if you're dumb enough to turn it on. I'm told they're working on getting it adjusted. A big ball of duct tape with rows of trim pots and an STC does not a useful tool make. |
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