Century 4000 Operating Techniques - Century 4000 Pilots Operating Manual

In the pages that follow, we have included techniques for:
VOR Navigation
VOR Approaches
Localizer Approaches
Glideslope Arming & Coupling
Localizer Back Course
NOTE
The Century 4000 autopilot is capable of tracking lateral information from a loran or GPS. Several factors
in procedure and operation are important to remember. Adjust the course width (CDI sensitivity) of the
loran or GPS to insure it is not too wide or too narrow (represented as nautical miles per dot). A course
width too wide would cause the autopilot to S-turn back and forth along the desired track. Too narrow
would cause the autopilot to be overly sensitive to CDI movement. When tracking a desired waypoint,
the bearing information will be displayed on the loran or GPS. This bearing information must be inputted
into the autopilot through either the heading bug (when using a DG) or the course arrow (when using an
HSI) in order for the autopilot to track properly.
The photographs depict the Century Flight Systems Navigational Situation Display 1000 (NSD 1000) as
the HSI and the standard Directional Gyro. The techniques are equally applicable to other compass
systems.
CENTURY 4000
OPERATING TECHNIQUES
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