Garmin Approach G5 - GPS-Enabled Golf Handheld, Install Manual & Pilot'S Manual

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Yaw Damper
The GSA 28 autopilot system can be expanded to support a yaw damper. The
yaw damper will control the rudder to compensate or remove aircraft body yaw (tail
wagging). The yaw damper will also try to null the lateral acceleration (center the ball)
over the long term. The ball centering portion of the yaw damper is not a replacement
for proper rudder trim.
NOTE: Yaw damper functionality requires a GMC 305/307 mode control panel
with a YD button.
During the flight test phase, the yaw damper is configured and set up after the basic
two axis pitch and roll performance has been properly configured. This is done so the
pilot can focus on properly adjusting the performance of each individual component of
the autopilot system without trying to tune them all at once.
NOTE: Ensure basic autopilot functionality is properly adjusted before using the
yaw damper.
During the flight test phase of the autopilot checkout, the yaw servo aggressiveness
will be adjusted to get the desired in-fight performance. The yaw servo gain setting is
used to set the aggressiveness of the yaw servo. A larger number will cause the yaw
servo to more aggressively control the aircraft, and a smaller number will cause the
yaw servo to less aggressively control the aircraft.
Figure 1-62 Yaw Damper Configuration Page