Piper ARCHER II - Section 4 - Normal Procedures; GFC 500 POWER UP; FLIGHT DIRECTOR; AUTOPILOT NORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURES

SECTION
4
—-
NORMAL
PROCEDURES
GFC
500
POWER
UP
During
the
preflight
lest
the
G5
or
G3X
display
PFT
in
the
autopilot
status
box.
When
the
GFC
500
passes
preflight
test,
PFT
will
be
removed
from
the
aulopilot
status
box.
FLIGHT
DIRECTOR
/
AUTOPILOT
NORMAL
OPERATING
PROCEDURES
Autopilot/Flight
Director
made
annunciations
are
displayed
at
the
top
of
the
G5
Electronic
Flight
Instrument
or
the
top
of
the
G3X
Electronic
Flight
Instrument
System
PFD.
Green
text
indicates
active
autopilot/flight
director
modes.
Armed
modes
are
indicated
in
white
text.
Normal
mode
transitions
will
flash
inverse
video
for
10
seconds
before
becoming
steady.
Abnormal
mode
transitions
will
flash
for
10
seconds
in
amber
text
before
the
defaull
mode
is
annunciated
as
the
active
mode
in
green
text.
Default
autopilot/flight
director
modes
are
Roll
(ROL)
and
Pitch
(PIT)
modes.
The
autopilot
status
box
displays
the
autopilot
engagement
status
as
well
as
armed
and
active
flight
director
modes.
Autopilot
Engagement
with
Flight
Director
Off
— Upon
engagement,
the
autopilol
will
be
set
to
hold
the
current
allitude
of
the
airplane
if
the
flight
director
was
not
previously
on.
In
this
case,
‘ROL’
and
‘PIT’
will
be
annunciated.
Autopilot
Engagement
with
Flight
Director
On
—
If
the
flight
director
is
on, the
autopilot
will
smoothly
pilch
and
roll
the
airplane
to
capture
the
FD
command
bars.
The
prior
flight
director
modes
remain
unchanged.
Autopilot
Disengagement
—
The
most
common
way
to
disconnect
the
aulopilot
is
to
press
and
release
the
AP
DISC
/
TRIM
INT
button
located
on
the
control
yoke.
An
autopilot
disconnect
tone
will
sound
and
an
amber
AP
will
be
annuncialed
on
the
G5
or
G3X
autopilot
status
box.
Other
ways
to
disconnect
the
autopilot
include:
—
Pressing
the
AP
Key
on
the
GMC
507
Mode
Controller
—
Operating
the
Electric
Pitch
Trim
Switch
(located
on
the
control
wheel)
—
Pulling
the
AUTOPILOT
circuil
breaker
In
the
event
of
unexpected
autopilot
behavior,
press
and holding
the
AP
DISC
/
TRIM
INT
button
will
disconnect
the
autopilot
and
remove
all
power
lo
the
servos.
190-02291-07
Rev.
5
~
AFMS
—
GFC
500
Autopilot
in
Piper
PA-28
Series
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