User Guide

A (3x) Deactivate autopilot
Autopilot disengages automatically when you press A a third time, or when you
move your joystick or adjust collective using normal controls. It will also disengage
if you’ve reached your final waypoint. (At that point, it simply stops flying forward
and hovers at a constant altitude.)
If autopilot is active in the Longbow,
AP1 or AP2 appears in the top right corner of
the IHADSS display. In the Black Hawk, this is an indicator light (see Black Hawk
Analog Cockpit, p. 2.54. The Kiowa displays the current autopilot setting in the
VSD.
Text also appears above the actual airspeed and altitude indicators on the
IHADSS. It gives the current autopilot settings for airspeed and altitude. These
settings change if you alter the autopilot settings.
LONGBOW 2
4.6
Advanced Autopilot Keys
cW Increase altitude. Keep this key combination until you’ve set the autopilot to the desired alti-
tude. The default altitude is 100 feet above ground level. You can adjust this in 50-foot incre-
ments, up to 500 feet.
cZ Decrease altitude. Keep pressing this key combination until you’ve set the autopilot to the
desired altitude. You decrease this in 50-foot increments, down to 100 feet.
cS Increase forward speed. Keep pressing this key combination until you’ve set the autopilot to
the desired speed. Whenever you autopilot, you’ll travel at this speed. The default speed is
100 knots. You can change this in 10-knot increments, from 60 to 150 knots.
cA Decrease forward speed. Keep pressing this key combination until you’ve set the autopilot to
the desired speed. Whenever you autopilot, you’ll travel at this speed.