Piper Turbo Saratoga PA-32-301T Pilot's Manual page 267

PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
SECTION 9
PA-32-301T, TURBO
SARATOGA SUPPLEMENTS
(e)
Altitude Hold
Upon
reaching desired or cruising altitude, engage altitude
hold
mode rocker switch.
As long as altitude
hold mode rocker
is
engaged, aircraft
will maintain selected altitude. For maximum
passenger
comfort,
rate of climb or descent should be reduced to
approximately 500 FPM
prior to altitude
hold engagement. For
accurate
altitude holding
below 90 KIAS lower
flaps
one or
two
notches.
(f)
Radio Coupling VOR-lLS
with H.S.I.
type
instrument display.
(Optional)
(1)
VOR Navigation
a.
Tune and identify VOR Station. Select desiredcoursewith
OBS (OMNI
Bearing Selector).
b. Select
OMNI mode on radio coupler.
c.
Select HDG mode on autopilot
console
to
engage
coupler,
Aircraft will turn
to
a 45° intercept angle
to
intercept the
selected VOR course. Intercept
angle magnitude depends
on radio needle off
-
course magnitude,
100% needle de-
flection
will result in
45° intercept angle, diminishing
as
the needle off-set
diminishes.
d. NAV mode
-
NAV mode provides reduced VOR sensitivity
for
tracking
weak, or noisy, VOR signals.
NAV mode
should
be selected
after the aircraft
is
established
on
course.
(2)
ILS-LOC
Front Course
a.
Set
inbound, front, localizer course on OBS.
b.
Select LOC-Normal
on
radio
coupler to intercept and
track inbound on the localizer. Select LOC-REV to inter-
cept
and track the
localizer course outbound
to
procedure
turn area.
c.
Select HDG
mode on autopilot
console to engage coupler.
ISSUED:
APRIL 4, 1980
REPORT: VB-1070
REVISED: MAY 16, 1980
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