On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 11:36, Norman Vine wrote: > David Megginson writes: > > > > The only problem comes when the AP is trying to handle turbulence -- > > it might be trimmed all the way up or down handling a temporary spike > > when it disengages. Apparently newer AP's are better at detecting and > > handling that as a special case, but the old ones made for some pretty > > interesting moments, so a lot of pilots insist(ed) on hand-flying > > through rough air. > > Try flying with the HUD not the Panel and engage the AP when > at cruising altitude then use the arrow keys to increase the desired > altitude under AP control by 1000 ft or so and note the elevator_trim > and elevator control positions on the HUD > > This should highlite the what the initial 'complaint' was about
It doesn't really matter ... you are still going to run into the same problems when the autopilot disconnects. > > Cheers > > Norman > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
