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I see the Bendix unit on the panel, so that would explain why the menu options don't work. Now to figure that out : p... thanks.
Minott Opdyke SCT Rose Elementary School 432-2495 >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/23/05 9:25 am >>> Minot Opdyke wrote: >Hi all, > >My question of the day is: >using _/http://www.navfltsm.addr.com//_ i've done a lot of flying. > But on some of the longer flights I'd like to try autopilot for >heading/altitude (Cessna 172P) I'm usiing MacOS 10.3.9 and in the >autopilot setting, under Heading, there is True Heading and Heading >Bug. What's the difference and how are they used. When I try and put >in the magnetic heading I want to fly, the plane just goes in circles. > Also, does the NAV 1 CDI work and how? again, I just go in circles >even with the NAV 1 set to a VOR. >Any help would be appreciated, > I believe the default C172 impliments a KAP140 autopilot unit which overrides the autopilot menu. You have to interact with it via panel clicks. I haven't fully figured it out, but it will act as a wing leveler, heading bug hold, altitude hold, (rate of climb hold?) and I think it will track the CDI/GS although I haven't dug in far enough to figure out how to do this. Regards, Curt. -- Curtis Olson http://www.flightgear.org/~curt HumanFIRST Program http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/ FlightGear Project http://www.flightgear.org Unique text: 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d |
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