User Guide

Garmin G1000 AFCS Pilot’s Guide for Beechcraft A36/G36
190-00609-00 Rev. B
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INTRODUCTION
Additional AFCS Controls
The following buttons and switches used by the AFCS
are located in the cockpit separately from the PFD and
MFD:
• AP DISC (Autopilot Disconnect) Button —
Disengages the Autopilot and Yaw Damper and
interrupts pitch trim operation
This button may be used to mute the aural
alert associated with an Autopilot discon-
nect. The AP DISC button is colored red
and is located forward of the MET switch on
the pilot’s control wheel left grip. The AP
DISC button mutes AP disconnect alerting
if pressed during an alert. The
MET ARM
switch may also be used to cancel AP discon-
nect alerting.
• CWS (Control Wheel Steering) Button —
Momentarily disengages the Autopilot and
synchronizes the Flight Director’s command bars
to the current aircraft attitude
The CWS button is located on top of the right
grip of the pilot’s control wheel. Upon release
of the CWS button, the Flight Director may
establish new reference points, depending
on the current pitch and roll modes. CWS
operation details are discussed in the respec
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tive mode sections of this manual.
• GA (Go Around) Button — Disengages the
Autopilot and selects the Go Around pitch and
roll modes on the Flight Director
The
GA button is located in the throttle
handle.
• MET (Manual Electric Trim) Switch — Used
to command Manual Electric Pitch Trim
This switch is a composite switch, split into
left and right switches, on the left grip of the
pilot’s control wheel. The right switch is the
ARM contact and the left switch controls the
DN (forward) and UP (rearward) contacts.
Pressing the ARM switch disengages the
Autopilot, if currently engaged, but does not
affect Yaw Damper operation. Manual trim
commands are generated only when both
sides of the switch are operated simultane-
ously. If one side of the switch is active for
more than three seconds without the other
side also being active, the trim switches are
ignored until both switches (ARM, UP/DN)
are inactive. This condition is annunciated as
‘PTRM’ in the AFCS System Status field on the
PFD.