How to use the autopilot made by Antti Pankonen.


1. Parking Brake OFF
2. Heading Bug Top index
3. Stabilization ON [SHIFT+R]
4. Hover 10 ft
5. Take Off
Use the BRAKE button as a FORCE TRIM RELASE

You can also Take Off without the stabilization,
but this is much more difficult depending on
your FS realisim setting.

6. When reaching 200 ft/GND and 40 KIAS you
can switch on the "Higher Order Modes"

Push the Heading knob and the V/S
adjust a nice climb. Then adjust
ALT.A (Altitude aquired) to the
desired Altitude. The helicopter
will level by its own.

7. If you want to fly an ILS you have to
fly with HDG the intercept. Arm the
localicer with the APP button.
The glideslope will be armed normaly
when the localicer is captured be
pressing the G/S button.
The helicopter will level at 82ft/GND
and will fly the present heading like
the real one.

8. You can activate the CR.HT (cruise height)
mode above 200ft/GND and you can decent
down to 10 ft/GND in connection with a
direction mode.

9. To decouple the "Higher Order Modes" press
[Z]

10. When on Ground switch off the stabilization
[SHIFT+R]


The autopilot is active on 3 axis which means
you have to have two modes active to make it work.
You can use the autopilot with any other helicopter.
Put the as532_afcp.gau in your panel.cfg.
Add the following to your aircraft.cfg and the
autopilot will work.

[autopilot]
autopilot_available=1
flight_director_available=1
default_vertical_speed=0.001
autothrottle_available=1
pitch_takeoff_ga=0.000000
autothrottle_arming_required=1
autothrottle_takeoff_ga=0
autothrottle_max_rpm=90.000000

Have fun and let me know if you like the autopilot.
Best regards and many happy landings.
Dirk Fassbender
www.dirkfassbender.de


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Automatic Hover Panel

© 2003 by Arne Bartels








1 Automatic Hover Panel ON/OFF switch.

2 Increase hover height, up to 999 ft radio height.

3 Decreasing hover height, down to 10 ft radio height.

4 Initiates hover or cuts it off. You need to be below 40 KIAS.
You can override the hover with the joystick

5 Before switching OFF the auto hover put your manual
Power to the power required for the hover.