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AFMS N°D01 FOR GARMIN GFC700 AUTOPILOT INSTALLATION AND
RNAV/RNP NAVIGATION ELIGIBILITY
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Section 1 – General
AUTOPILOT FUNCTIONS
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GFC 700 autopilot suite is deeply integrated with Garmin G1000 avionics suite
which integrates both the a/p controls and the sensors providing the required data
to the servos.
The GFC 700 AFCS is equipped with the following main operating functions:
 Flight Director (FD) — Flight director commands are displayed on the PFD. The
flight director provides:
 Command Bars showing pitch/roll guidance
 Pitch/roll mode selection and processing
 Autopilot communication
 Autopilot (AP) — Autopilot operation occurs within the pitch, roll, and pitch
trim servo and provides servo monitoring and automatic flight control in response
to flight director steering commands, AHRS attitude and rate information, and air-
speed.
 Manual Electric Trim (MET) — The pitch trim servo provides manual electric
trim capability when the autopilot is not engaged.
 ESP (Electronic Stability & Protection) keeps the aircraft within well defined op-
erational limits thus preventing the pilot to operate the aircraft outside a specific
envelope when it is being hand flown. This feature only operates when autopilot
is not engaged and its operation is mutually exclusive with autopilot operation.
 USP (Underspeed Protection) is a flight director function that reacts to under-
speed conditions in a way that allows the autopilot to remain engaged but prevents
the airplane from stalling.