I went out of town for a coulple of weeks and looking through my list of emails i dont think a recieved a response to the question below. I would like the cesna to be able to follow a set of waypoints but due to the new autopilot this no longer seems to be a possiblity.
Any thoughts on how i would be able to achieve this functionality? Seamus On Wed, 5 May 2004, Seamus Thomas Carroll wrote: > Are there plans to add a route manager to the KAP140? If not what > property do I change to use the generic autopilot? I have tried different > changing values in different xml files but with no success. > > Seamus > > On Wed, 5 May 2004, Roy Vegard Ovesen wrote: > > > On Wednesday 05 May 2004 06:17, Seamus Thomas Carroll wrote: > > > To test if a problem resides with the cesna autopilot i tested > > > using "Add Waypoint" and instead of the autopilot guiding the plane to the > > > waypoint it just flys in cirlces until it spirals into the ground. > > > This autopilot with the cesna did work correctly that last time I tried > > > it a couple of weeks ago. Has someone changed cesna autopilot config file > > > to cause this incorrect behaviour? > > > > The default Cessna (--aircraft=c172-3d and c172-2dpanel) have changed > > autopilot from the generic to a KAP140 autopilot. A new instrument has been > > added to the cockpit and this should be visible below the ADF radio. The > > KAP140 does not have a route manager so consequently you can not define a > > route for it to fly. For instructions on how to operate the KAP140 you should > > download the Pilot Guide from the Bendix/King website. > > > > > > > Is it a problem with the set up on my > > > end? > > > > You can of course edit your *set.xml file to change the autopilot back to the > > generic. > > > > > > -- > > Roy Vegard Ovesen > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flightgear-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
