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simultaneous push of both the heading (HDG) and lateral nav
(NAV) buttons on the autopilot control panel.
The heading knob can be adjusted at any time (before or after
entering pilot selectable intercept mode) and the system will
adjust the intercept angle accordingly.
To disarm the intercept of the selected Nav source, press the
“HDG” button. To re-arm the intercept, press “NAV” again.
The autopilot modes annunciator indication for pilot selectable
intercepts are a green “
HDG
” and a cyan “
NAV
”. As the lateral
nav course is approached, the “HDG” annunciators and buttons
on the autopilot control panel extinguish and the “
NAV
”
annunciators and button turns green and flashes for up to 10
seconds indicating the system is capturing the lateral nav course.
At the end of the flashing period, both the modes annunciator and
the control panel button are displayed in steady green.
CONTROL WHEEL STEERING MODE
Control Wheel Steering (CWS) mode is entered by pressing the
CWS button on the aircraft yoke in those aircraft that support this
functionality.
CWS mode allows the servos to be temporarily disengaged for
the duration that the CWS button is held down, providing an
opportunity for the pilot to manually maneuver the aircraft as
desired without disconnecting the autopilot. Typical uses for this
mode include an easy way to adjust the pitch and bank targets
while in PITCH and/or BANK hold modes, maneuvering to avoid
traffic, weather, or airspace conflicts, flying a more aggressive
intercept scenario than the autopilot would have provided, and an
alternative method of syncing the active vertical mode bugs (ALT,
IAS, or VS) to present aircraft state.
The flight director command bars will be removed from display for
the duration that the CWS mode is active.
During CWS, the horizontal targets (HDG or CRS) remain
unchanged and if either HDG or NAV modes were active
immediately prior to engaging CWS, the autopilot will
automatically re-establish its tracking of those modes and targets
when the CWS button is no longer depressed. If one of the
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