Fly_M20R Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Great before and after details, Fly! It als shows one of the benefits of having the FD... it displays the attitude selected of the AP. Without the FD... my KAP can set the attitude... but it can’t tell me what it thinks I entered... until I’m flying it... Thanks for sharing the awesome details... Best regards, -a- 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_M20R Posted November 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 5 hours ago, carusoam said: Great before and after details, Fly! It als shows one of the benefits of having the FD... it displays the attitude selected of the AP. Without the FD... my KAP can set the attitude... but it can’t tell me what it thinks I entered... until I’m flying it... Thanks for sharing the awesome details... Best regards, -a- The way I see it is the flight director is the visual representation of what the autopilot computer tells the servo controller of the AP to do, whether the servos are engaged or not. If they are not engaged then the pilot becomes the "servo controller". I could never use the KI256's FD reliably on takeoff. Nice to have a stable one withe the GI275. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlifeflyer Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 52 minutes ago, Fly_M20R said: The way I see it is the flight director is the visual representation of what the autopilot computer tells the servo controller of the AP to do, whether the servos are engaged or not. If they are not engaged then the pilot becomes the "servo controller". Exactly. The other piece is a general recommendation that, when hand flying, if you are not going to follow the FD, turn it off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbarry Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 That’s a really nice set up! The GI275 seems to provide all of the information a pilot needs and does it a concise non distracting way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_M20R Posted November 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 7 hours ago, midlifeflyer said: Exactly. The other piece is a general recommendation that, when hand flying, if you are not going to follow the FD, turn it off. Yep!! Otherwise it is cause for distractions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_M20R Posted November 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 7 hours ago, cbarry said: That’s a really nice set up! The GI275 seems to provide all of the information a pilot needs and does it a concise non distracting way. Surprisingly it does it really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlifeflyer Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 16 hours ago, Fly_M20R said: Yep!! Otherwise it is cause for distractions. I think there are two reasons. One, of course, is distraction. The other is the opposite, a habit of ignoring it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_M20R Posted November 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 36 minutes ago, midlifeflyer said: I think there are two reasons. One, of course, is distraction. The other is the opposite, a habit of ignoring it. Ahhh.... true!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD in Jersey Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 can you set a speed on the FD? say climb at Vy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_M20R Posted December 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, JD in Jersey said: can you set a speed on the FD? say climb at Vy With my KFC 150 autopilot the only item you can set is pitch and not IAS for climb or descent or a particular vertical speed. Of course, you can also select ALT hold, NAV, APR, BC. Other autopilots such as Garmin's GFC500 can set speed and then the flight director will indicate which pitch you need to follow to keep that speed. Same with vertical speed which can also be set on the GFC500 and then the FD will show the pitch required for that vertical speed. The flight director is essentially the visual representation of what the autopilot computer is calculating the pitch and roll should be for the mode selected on the AP, be it HDG, ALT hold, pitch, IAS, VS, VNAV, NAV, APR, etc. if the autopilot is engaged it will then control the servos to achieve the settings. If not engaged but with the mode(s) selected it will show the FD on the AI for the pilot to follow it's commands. Edited December 7, 2020 by Fly_M20R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Welcome aboard JD! What part of Jersey are you at? Congrats on bringing up that cool AP topic.... The Modern Digital do everything boxes are really impressive... Best regards, -a- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD in Jersey Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Thanks. I'm at the shore. Bayville. You? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, JD in Jersey said: Thanks. I'm at the shore. Bayville. You? 39N - Princeton... -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD in Jersey Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Ahh. Yeah. New to the site. Been lurking a bit. Thinking about getting back in to GA after 25 yrs. boy thinks have changed!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmo Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, JD in Jersey said: Thinking about getting back in to GA after 25 yrs Come - I'm sure the first flight anyone will give you will be free ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Things have changed in tremendous ways over the past 25years... 1) Getting lost is a thing of the past... 2) Getting found happens faster than ever... 3) Learning and communicating with other Mooney pilots occurs daily, if interested.... 4) Finding great Mooney specific CFIIs is super easy... 5) Getting recommendations for any subject, part, or plane... starts with asking a question... 6) People don’t mind investing in tools and training... to be... Safer More efficient Speedier 7) There hasn’t been a better time to be flying a Mooney than today... 8) Many people return to Mooney flying after years of working, house payments, college tuitions.... What keeps you from turning ‘thinking about flying’ into ‘going flying’? PP thoughts only, not a CFI... Best regards, -a- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD in Jersey Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Haha. What’s holding me back? Great Q. My boat. Can’t justify both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian E. Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, JD in Jersey said: Haha. What’s holding me back? Great Q. My boat. Can’t justify both Time to ditch the boat! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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