> I'm having trouble with the autopilot using a couple of days old CVS > version on Windows XP . I am attempting to follow the recently posted > tutorial for VFR flight, but I am unable to operate the autopilot > correctly. enabling the autopilot with ctrl+h does not work, and when
this is because in the cessna initially the auto-pilot is turned off. Try this: 1) click the AP button to switch the autopilot on 2) THEN click Ctrl-H. Now it correctly follows the heading bug, and doesn't do anything with the altitude or throttles. However, there is a bug: the autopilot settings dialog (F11 or Autopilot/Autopilot settings) then doesn't show anything as enabled (i.e., the autopilot heading control checkbox is not on). Similarly, entering the heading bug in the settings dialog doesn't affect anything but the heading bug, even if I click the radio button near the "Heading bug" and the checkbox "Heading control", UNTIL I TURN ON THE autopilot on the radio stack, and.... > clicking the AP button and then HDG on the auto pilot control in the > Cessna the plane holds the heading, but is also starts adjusting > altitude or descent rate. Also, changing autopilot settings from the > menu does not seem to have any effect on holding the heading. I see that it tries to hold the present altitude after that, even that nothing about altitude control is checked on the AP settings dialog. Trying to engage altitude hold and disengage it doesn't remedy the situation. The only way out is use the AP power button. > I suspect I must be doing something wrong, so if someone could point in > the correct direction I would be grateful. So far, use the workaround I mentioned in the beginning; definitely, there's a bug here to be fixed. Vassilii _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
