While a two axis autopilot can control roll and pitch it takes additional circuitry to couple the roll so it steers as desired or the pitch to desired altitude behavior.
Roll steering autopilot.
After several phone calls the aircraft was on its way back to the autopilot shop.
A simple autopilot system is reactive so that turns begin after passing a waypoint with oscillations about the new course until errors damp out which may never happen in strong crosswinds.
Affordable gps roll steering for general aviation the gpss interfaces with the composite roll steering commands output by gps navigators to fly a complete pre programmed flight plan hands off.
Modes allow you to select this coupling.
There are roll or lateral or horizontal modes and pitch or vertical modes.
Since the s tec is a rate sensing ap anyway its well qualified to fly using the rate of turn created by the gps without need for gyro input.
Gps roll steering lets you program a complete flight plan into your gps.
And then with the push of a button the autopilot follows your flight plan turn by turn.
If the gps database includes instrument approach procedures the flight plan can also include an approach to the destination airport.
System 50x and 40x.
Century s gps roll steering module makes flying with your gps and autopilot easier than ever.
It even anticipates the turn based on your ground speed and distance to the waypoint.