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Aircraft Operation Manual

Piper Cheyenne I, IA, II, IIXL

For ight simulation use only

AUTOMATED FLIGHT

Cheyenne I & IA - Bendix-King KFC250 Autopilot & Flight Director

KC290 Mode Controller:

1: FD/AP Vertical Trim (Pitch Attitude/Altitude) 2: Heading mode (HDG)

3: Flight Director (FD) 4: Altitude hold mode (ALT)

5: NAV mode (NAV) (VOR/GPS) 6: Reverse Locator (Backcourse) mode (BC)

7: Approach mode (APPR) (ILS/VOR) 8: Autopilot (AP)

9: Autopilot Test Button 10: Go-Around mode Clickspot

KC291 Yaw Mode Controller:

11: Yaw Damper Engage/Disengage 12: Annunciator Light

The KFC250 Flight Director/Autopilot is a complete 3-axis integrated system with

large, 4-inch electric (or 3-inch vacuum/electric) Flight Command and Horizontal

Situation Indicators. An all solid-state Flight Computer provides computed Flight

Director commands along with complete 3-axis Autopilot control. The system pro-

vides all standard operating modes plus altitude preselect capability. This chapter

describes the different autopilot modes of operation.

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