Aetos User’s Manual
10.5
Operation
10.5
Operation
Short press on the
User
button shows the autopilot menu, Figure 47. All
autopilot actions are accessed trough this menu.
Figure 47:
An example of the autopilot menu.
The description of the actions is presented below. Some actions enable only
pitch and some only roll autopilot servo. The level action is the only one,
which enables both autopilot servos simultaneously.
Autopilot menu remembers last selection. When the menu is opened, last
action is already selected. This saves time when you change one parameter
often.
10.5.1
Track
In order to fly some desired track course the
Track
action is selected from
the menu. A window with track direction input is shown on Figure 48. The
default value of the input window is always current track. If active screen also
shows the heading bug, the bug is adjusted as well.
If the autopilot was not active before selecting new track the the roll servo
motor will be automatically enabled after the track is confirmed. Otherwise,
the autopilot will try to follow desired track while changing values on the
input window.
The autopilot will always turn the airplane in the direction which is closer to
the current track. When a change for more than 180
◦
is made in one direction,
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