Another question- how does the auto pilot work? Does it have to be activated in flight? The options for modifying it don't register with me at all. I don't understand what any of those mean.

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    5,769 SelectAKey

    To change any of those options check out your cmnd pod/chip

    4.6 years ago
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    Autopilot is turned on with the navball, at the 'lock heading' button. It tries to calculate roll and pitch (and maybe yaw but not sure) so that the plane heads towards the specified heading (by moving the navball with you mouse). The options for proportional, integral and derivative control how the auto pilot interprets deviations form the specified heading, but exactly what each of them do is beyond me.

    +1 4.6 years ago

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