System Overview
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KFC 230 AeroCruze Autopilot Pilot's Guide
89000019-001
Rev 2 May 2019
Roll mode is the default lateral mode for
the autopilot. When Roll mode is active, the
flight director maintains a specific bank attitude or wings-level
attitude when engaged close to zero bank.
Roll mode is activated by either engaging the flight director or
turning on the autopilot with no other lateral mode engaged.
It is also the default lateral mode when Heading Select (HDG),
Navigation (NAV), or Approach (APR) modes are deactivated.
When the bank angle at the time Roll mode is activated is
between 6 degrees and 22 degrees, that attitude will be held by
the flight director. When the bank angle is less than 6 degrees,
the autopilot functions as a wing leveler. When the bank angle
is greater than 22 degrees, the flight director will maintain 22
degrees of bank.
ROLL
is displayed on the autopilot screen when Roll mode is
active.
b.
Vertical Speed (VS) Mode
Pressing the
VS
button causes the
autopilot to maintain a constant
vertical speed target. When in
Vertical Speed mode, each pressing
of the
UP
/
DN
soft buttons (5) on the autopilot panel adjusts
the VS target in increments of 100/ FPM per button press, or
300/ FPM per second when the button is held continuously,
up to a maximum of ± 2,000 FPM. Vertical Speed mode can be
turned off by pressing the
VS
button once again or automatically
when the climb or descent leads to capture a target altitude.
When active,
VS
mode is annunciated on the autopilot
touchscreen by a green active indicator box, green text, green
border, and selected vertical speed (
+
/
-
) in 100 foot increments.
When Vertical Speed mode is inactive, but available, the
VS
is
annunciated on the touchscreen by white text, white border,
and current vertical speed in white.
OOTE:
Ohe VS value depicted when VS Mode is inactive is a
situational awareness aid only and not to be used for
primary flight information.
REF: