Autopilot buttons


The image below shows all available buttons on the autopilot main panel. 







AP main

switches the autopilot on or off. If on, there should be NAV targets on the EFISW screen. 

NAV

press this button to fly towards a NAV target after having selected it 

SPD

press this button to accelerate the aircraft to the speed entered in the speed input field. Will unpress MCH button. 

MCH

press this button to switch to MACH mode. Will accelerate the plane to the MACH speed entered in the speed input field. Will unpress SPD button

HDG

press this button to turn into the heading (degrees) entered in the heading input field.If NAV button is pressed, it will be unpressed.  

ALT

altitude control main button

LVL

level at indicated altitude 

V/S

use indicated climb / sink rate

HLD

hold indicated altitude

APR

follow ILS glide slope if ILS runway is selected

MAN

press to gain complete manual aircraft control with joystick or mouse yoke

RECV

if pressed, FSXPilot will perform over speed and stall recovery

ARM

Arm automatic reverse thrust and spoiler during manual landing

VCT

fixed wings: perform altitude profile flight; helicopters: if pressed with LND button (see below), lands at current GPS target

CAM

take screen shot of FSX window (if pressed with CTRL key: takes desktop screen shot) 

V

inverted flight button (only works when pressed with the CTRL key for safety) 

NAV1

sets indicated NAV1 frequency in the cockpit

COM1

sets indicated COM1 frequency in the cockpit

ADF

sets indicated ADF frequency in the cockpit

XPNDR

set indicated transponder code in the cockpit




Autopilot text input and output fields






Generally, there are four ways to modify values in the text input fields:


  • Click into the input field and turn the mouse wheel up or down -> normal increment / decrement
  • Click into the input field, press the STRG key and turn the mouse wheel up or down -> high increment / decrement
  • Press the up / down arrows right side of the input field
  • Click into the input field, enter number with the keyboard, press return key


The command input text box is special.

Here, you would enter single flight plan commands (f.e. a select or a farselect command) and get information about the current states of your autopilot. 

Speech may be echoed here as well. 

To enter commands, click behind the last '>' of the display and start typing. After the command, press return. 



Helicopter autopilot buttons


In helicopter mode, there are additional buttons available: 




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