AEROBASK EPIC E1000 - The S-TEC 5000 Autopilot

THE S-TEC 5000 AUTOPILOT
The Genesys S-TEC 5000 autopilot device is situated
below the center display.
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AP: This button activates or de-activates the
autopilot.
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FD: This button shows or hides the flight director
bars on the PFD. The flight director shows you the
direction and altitude you need to fly in order to reach
a set target heading and target altitude.
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YD: This button activates or de-activates the yaw
damper.
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HDG: This button activates the autopilot's heading
hold mode. The autopilot will follow the heading bug
you set on the PFD's HSI.
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NAV: This button activates the autopilot's navigation
mode. The autopilot will follow the active navigation
source. Change the navigation source with the „HSI
SRC“ softkey in the PFD menu.
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APR: This button activates the autopilot's approach
mode. Use this button for capturing the localizer and
glideslope of an ILS approach.
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LVL: This button activates the autopilot's level mode,
in which the autopilot will level the wings of the plane.
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IAS: This button activates the IAS hold mode. The
autopilot will try to hold the indicated airspeed set on
the PFD's speedtape.
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VS: This button activates the vertical speed mode.
The autopilot will try to climb or descend with the
speed selected with the “UP/DN” buttons. The
autopilot will climb or descend to the altitude pre-
selected with the “ALT SEL” knob.
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ALT: This button activates the altitude hold mode.
The autopilot will hold the current or pre-selected
altitude.
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MNU: – not used in simulation –
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ALT SEL: This knob is used to pre-select an altitude
for the autopilot's VS and ALT modes.
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