Piper ARCHER II - AFCS VERTICAL MODES

The
following
tables
list
the
available
AFCS
vertical
and
lateral
modes
with
their
corresponding
controls
and
annunciations.
Hold, Vertical Speed, Altitude Hold, or IAS made.
The
UP/DN
wheel
can
be
used
to
change
the
vertical
mode
reference
while
operating
in
Pitch
Increments of change and maximum ranges of values for
each
of
these
references
using
the
UP/DN
wheel
are
also
listed
in
the
table.
AFCS VERTICAL MODES
Pitch Hold (default) 20° Nose Up
415° Nose Down
Selected Altitude 7 ALTS
Capture
Altitude
Hold
ALT
Key
ALT
nnnnn
10
FT
Vertical Speed VS Key VS nnnn 7000 100 FPM
65
to
140
KIAS
1
KT
IAS Hold IAS Key IAS nnn 75 to 160 MPH 1MPH
Vertical
Path
Tracking
vay)
|
YNW
Key
VNAV
VNAV Target
Altitude Capture . ALTV
Glidepath GP.
Glideslope APR Key GS
Takeoff
or
Go
GABulton|
TOorGA
7
Around
Zero Vertical
Level (LVL) LVL Key LVL Speed
ESP High Pitch . . . °
Engagement ESP High Pitch Attitude engages at 20° nose up
ESP Low Pitch ESP Low Pitch Attitude engages at 15° nose
Engagement |. down
rae
righ
ESP
High
Airspeed
engages
at
above
Vne
+
1
E P KIAS (1 MPH)
ngagement
ESP
Low
When
above
200
FT
AGL,
ESP
Low
Airspeed
Airspeed
engages
at
below
Vs
+
5
KIAS
(5
MPH).
(This
En
e
ement
mode
only
available
if
height
above
terrain
is
gag available from a compatible Garmin GPS).
*
ALTS
arms
automatically
when
PIT,
VS,
IAS,
or
GA
is
active.
**
ALTV
arms
aulomalically
if
the
VNAV
Target
Altitude
is
to
be
captured
instead
of
the
Selected
Altitude.
190-02291-07 Rev. 5 AFMS
—
GFC
500
Autopilot
in
Piper
PA-28
Series
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