Eurocopter AS 350 83 Flight Manual page 163

FLIGHT MANUAL
4.2 AutODilot enoaoement before take-off .
-Engage the three autopilot channels -Check that the channels are
engaged. P, R, Y, MONIT
pushbutton lights illuminate:
ON is visible (Fig. 1).
-Test selector switch set to 0 -Test light extinguishes (item
(Fig. 4). 4, Fig. 4).
~ : DO NOT ALLOW niE AIRCRAFT TO
REMAIN ON niE GROUND WIl1I ni
AP ENGAGED AS niE TRIM
ACTUATORS MAY UNWIND, niUS
CAUSING THE STICK TO MOVE
AGAINST niE STOP.
.
4.3 ODeratina the autooilot in fliaht
-4.3.1 Basic modes (P, R, Y, TIC)
4.3.1.1 Pitch and roll
-Hands off the stick. -Autopilot holds attitudes.
-Artificial loads released. -Autopilot operates as a damper.
-Overriding the artificial loads -Trim actuators are inhibited.
The actuators counteract
within the limits of their
authority.
-Through the 4-way button. -Deviation in the direction of
operation of the attitude
references.
4.3.1.2 Yaw
-Feet off the pedals -Channel holds "present
heading" within the limits of
!!QIU : Collective pitch/yaw its authority. Operating the
coupling is efficient pedals causes the heading
when some friction is reference to be altered. The
applied to the pedals. pilot must bring the aircraft
It is therefore to the desired heading
.
recOlmlended to apply (angular speed less than'
friction. 1.S./sec.) then reroove his
feet from pedals so that
~ : When the RH rudder the yaw channel can hold
pedal is near the stop the new heading.
(e.g. high LH cross
wind) moving the
collective pitch lever
fully upward requires a
greater effort than the
usual value due to sprin
rod.
DGAC Approved: 3S0 B3 SUP.16 .
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