Auto Pillot Masterswitch

matty

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Hi,

Today i was using Autopillot and it was doing well climbing the plane
but i became a little concerned after it was still climbing at about
39-45 feet, so i tried fiddling around with the controls and then it
did nothing but stall and descend

Can Autopillot Level out and straighten with trim? if it can what is
the maximum altitude it levels out?

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"Matty" <Matty@forums.simradar.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Today i was using Autopillot and it was doing well climbing the plane
> but i became a little concerned after it was still climbing at about
> 39-45 feet, so i tried fiddling around with the controls and then it
> did nothing but stall and descend
>
> Can Autopillot Level out and straighten with trim? if it can what is
> the maximum altitude it levels out?

You have to set your desired altitude in the altitude hold window of the
autopilot controls, then it will climb to and hold that altitude, provided
you don't put yourself into a stall (this can be prevented by adjusting the
vertical climb speed in the VS window). The autopilot can try to climb up
to 99,900' if you tell it to, but it will not actually cimb above the
aircraft's ceiling, so you need to know your ceiling and not try to exceed
it.