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Autopilot for just holding the altitude (Read 196 times)

Aug 24^th, 2003 at 5:10am

Massimo Offline
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Hi to all.

I tryied several times with differents planes (beech350, 737-400, learjet45...), to use the autopilot just to hold the altitude or to hold a certain vertical speed.
I never succeed since, as I turn on the autopilot general switch and the ALT switch, tha airplane also holds the heading, so you cannot turn the plane anymore!

With fs2000 it was possible, it seems not with 2002!

Thanks for replying
Massimo

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Reply #1 - Aug 24^th, 2003 at 5:32am

Smoke2much Offline
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The Unrepentant Heretic
Sittingbourne, Kent,

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There is a patch to remove the wing leveler from the AP that is available from here at SimV.

Will

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Reply #2 - Aug 24^th, 2003 at 6:16am

Massimo Offline
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Could you provide me the link?

Thanks
Msssimo

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Reply #3 - Aug 24^th, 2003 at 7:38am

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An elderly FS 2004 addict!
Hereford. England. EGBS.

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Hi Mass...!
..thats the lovely thing about Simviation...
We will tell you all about the really amazing downloads available here....
...but we wont necessarily tell you where-abouts they are... Wink

...!
...that's all part of the excitement... Grin

...!

LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Sorry Will. Over to you mate... Grin

...!

Cheers Mass...keep your eye on here for more news..!
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Reply #4 - Aug 24^th, 2003 at 9:50am

MICROSOFT Offline
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FS2002 rocks!

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EXCERPT from FSUIPC User manual :

Note about the AutoPilot in FS2002
This isn’t really anything at all to do with FSUIPC, but a lot of folks have been confused and concerned by the changes in
FS’s Autopilot behaviour in FS2002. This is where the wing leveller is automatically engaged when the Autopilot is turned
on. This makes mixed mode operations such as having the A/P control the altitude, while you steer for heading, quite
impossible, though it seems this is the more realistic operation in many aircraft.
According to my manuals, this action is actually wrong for several of the standard Bendix-King style autopilots common in
light aircraft like the Cessna and implemented by similarity of appearance in the simulator’s panels, though it appears that it
is correct for others of similar design. Some airliner pilots do confirm, also, that it is correct for many airliners, and even
some lighter aircraft, though again I believe that at least some of them do not impose this interlock.
Anyway, Microsoft did provide a way around it—but unfortunately forgot to document it. Here is how they say you can
disengage this automatic function. Find the AIRCRAFT.CFG file for each aircraft for which you want to change the autopilot
behaviour. These files are in the named aircraft folders within the main FS Aircraft folder. These files are plain text files and
can be edited with an ordinary text editor such as NotePad. It may be best to make a back-up copy first, however.
Edit the file and find a section headed [Autopilot]. Add the following two lines to this, if they are not there already:
use_no_default_pitch=1
use_no_default_bank=1

<THANKS PETE DOWSON FOR THE INFO>

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Reply #5 - Aug 24^th, 2003 at 9:53am