22-10-00  AUTOPILOT Back

A. System Function

The Autopilot gives automatic flight control of the aircraft in the pitch, the roll and the yaw axes.

B. System Components

The primary components of the system are the:
  • Flight Control Computer (FCC) (Ref. 34-22-00)
  • Autopilot controller (Ref. Fig. 1 and Fig. 4)
  • Flight director/ autopilot mode-selector (Ref. 34-22-00)
  • Aileron, rudder, elevator and elevator-trim servo drives (Ref. Fig. 1 thru Fig.3 and Fig. 5)
C. System Operation

The System has three modes of operation, a primary autopilot mode and two basic modes which are yaw damper (rudder servo) and electric trim (elevator-trim servo).

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