a little secret to autopilot

[katana_1000]

have you ever done an internatinal flight and wish the flight plane was strait so you don`t have to keep changing heading hold?i have a simple answer.on the autopilot area atctivate NAV hold.then,somewhere on the panel is a nav/gps switch.make sure it is switched to gps.set your cruise alt and speed so you don`t go overspeed and burn too much fuel.then switch the master autopilot switch on and fly away.

[DanDan]

Wow, That'll really help us now! Considering we've KNOWN THAT FOR AGES!!!!!!!!!!!

[BE58D]

DanDan!!! In one of your previous posts, you told another member to be nice... same applies to you!!! He appears to be very new, and we are all here to help one another, not criticize!!!

[chris777]

WOW!!! Cool!!! I didn't know that, thanks for the tip!

[BMan1113VR]

lol
i don't use autopilot at all so i guess i am new to that fact too

[DanDan]

DanDan!!! In one of your previous posts, you told another member to be nice... same applies to you!!! He appears to be very new, and we are all here to help one another, not criticize!!!

*hangs head in shame*

[Gavin]

thanks katana i didnt know that i was getting p****d off with turning the heading hold knob.

shame on you dandan

[SFMMAlwaysRules]

WOW!!! Cool!!! I didn't know that, thanks for the tip!

You have got to be kidding me.  :o You didn't know that?

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I ahve one problem with FS2002 autopilot.  Whenever I start an approach, I turn the autopilot completely off, FD and everything.  I set Vertical speed back to 0, turn all the switches off, but then...

When I try to pitch the nose down, the trim goes upward.  And when I try to readjust the trim, it still keeps going upward.  This can make for a very interesting landing.  In fact, sometimes I have to stall the aircraft in a flare to keep it from lifting back off the runway!

[BE58D]

The reason that is happening SFMM, is that the autopilot isn't completely turned off... If you are using an add-on aircraft, make sure the following two lines are pasted under the autopilot section of the .cfg file...

use_no_default_pitch=1
use_no_default_bank=1

and this should cure the problem!!! The other thing is... When flying a real airplane, at touch-down... the stall warning horn should be sounding!!! So, your flare seems to be right!

[A]

It doesn't work for me. If I used NAV Hold and flying straight, my plane got pushed to the right, out of the green line, although wind speed is 0 (At least, global). I have to fly 10 degrees to the left just to put it straight up. Oh yeah, I used Real World Weather feature.

[BE58D]

1st, if you downloaded real time weather, and the winds-a-loft box is checked... there will surely be winds at altitude... To check to see if there are, hit SHIFT+Z... this displays a lot of things (frame rates, etc) and at the end of the top, first line... it displays wind direction and speed.

[on_the_air]

katana where is the nav button you spoke about, on 747 not the nav/gps this i know

[Saitek]

I guess that's helpful for those that don't know.... *giggles*

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[Hai Perso Coyone?]

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I noticed that too