BendixKing KFC 500 - Manual (Page 31)

Operational Examples
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Flight Director Off
Flight Director Off causes the flight director to declutter and the autopilot to
revert to Attitude Hold.
1. Depress the FD OFF switch on the
cyclic.
2. All flight director modes deactivate
and the command bars are removed
from view.
If the autopilot is engaged, Attitude Hold
mode becomes active. The pitch attitude
present at selection of FD OFF is main-
tained. Roll attitude defaults to roll
level/heading hold.
Force Trim Release
Pressing and holding the Force Trim
Release (FTR) switch disables the
autopilot system to allow pilot maneu-
vering of the helicopter. Once FTR is
released, autopilot or Flight Director
commands are synchronized to the heli-
copter’s vertical reference.
Attitude Hold: reference pitch attitude
Altitude Hold: reference altitude
Vertical Speed: reference vertical speed
IAS Hold: reference airspeed
Roll: sync to helicopter heading/roll level or roll attitude hold if
bank angle is greater than 6 degrees.
Heading Select
1. Position the Heading Bug over the heading to be commanded by the
flight director.
2. The HDG knob is used to move the heading bug on the EHSI. Depress
the HDG push button on the mode select panel to activate the flight director in
Heading Select mode (HDG). Flight director commands are provided to the
selected heading. Once heading mode has been activated, the CBT switch
can be used to move the heading bug.
FTR
FD OFF
000
HDG
000
359
V
O
R
1
1 2 . 6 NM
N
33
30
W
24
21
S
15
12
E
6
3
117.95
CRS
H
HDG
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