S Andreason wrote: > >> configured autopilots like the senecaII, c172p, PA24-250. > >> > > Well yes, but I expected the default aircraft to work. > Since the manual and help windows give instructions on using Ctrl-A, > Ctrl-W, > Ctrl-H, etc, and F11 does open the autopilot settings, I would expect these > to work.
>From the sounds of things, you're attempting to use the Generic Autopilot, GPS and Route Manager on the c172p. That won't work because the c172p has a KAP140 A/P, and no GPS has been integrated. So, I wouldn't expect the Route Manager or GPS to work at all. Just as the Autopilot->Autopilot Settings menu item is disabled for the c172p, so I think these keys should be disabled (and possibly any other aircraft that disable that menu item), or re-assigned to the equivalent KAP140 functions. I'll investigate how to do that, and also ensure that our documentation makes clear that aircraft may not implement the entire suite of Route-Manager/GPS/AP. Of course, once we have a C172 with a G1000 panel, then we'll have support for these goodies ;) > Should the old autopilot dialog be ripped out of the c172p? and have all > references to using the autopilot removed? > I don't think so. The wing leveler and simple heading autopilot had value. The wing leveler and heading autopilot that are part of the KAP140 work well for the c172p. However, using the generic autopilot instead is not something that I would expect to work, so they should be disabled for the c172p. Effectively, you're using the wrong autopilot. > Actually, flying the c172p (in yesterday's CVS) around in circles for > 10-15 minutes trying to get the heading to go on autopilot, even setting > the GPS destination, did not work for me. > If it isn't really broken, it sure looks like it. AFAIK the c172p does not contain any GPS, and certainly not one that's integrated with the KAP140 AP. > And if I can't figure it out, I doubt any first-time flyers will. The tutorials section of the manual describes how to use the KAP140 autopilot in some detail. http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/getstart/getstartch9.html#x15-1650009.3.1 -Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
