--- Lee Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thursday 29 Sep 2005 22:56, Mike Rawlins wrote:
> > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 07:09:06AM -0700, Mike

> >
> > The question remains:  How does one correctly use
> the
> > flightplan that is entered from a file (command
> line
> > option)?  For my test I'm using the Fokker 100
> jet.

> Use F6.
> 
> This sets the A/P heading lock to
> 'true-heading-mode' and 
> causes /autopilot/settings/true-heading-deg to be
> updated to the 
> appropriate heading for the current waypoint, if any
> is set.
> 
> If no waypoints have been entered you can 
> set /autopilot/settings/true-heading-deg manually,
> either via 
> the property browser, the A/P gui (there are some
> quirks, at 
> least to my mind, in the way the A/P gui works) or
> by the <- & 
> -> cursor keys.
> 
> When the A/P heading lock is set to
> 'true-heading-mode' the 
> appropriate set of controllers in the A/P should
> engage and 
> start steering the a/c.
> 
> LeeE

Thanks Lee.  I see that F6 is listed as "Toggle
autopilot target" in the short reference document.
Very handy.  

Mike 


                
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