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Thedude said:Messed around with a Convair 550 that had an autopilot. I had a big switch abouve the glareshield to turn it on and a big green light to let you know it was on. The best I remember all it has was heading and altitude hold.
Yep, I thought that was a weird (or just old) set-up, usually a Collins FD-108/109 working with a Sperry SP-50 A/P... but they didn't "talk" to each other. Want to capture an ILS? Go for the FD control panel and switch it to AutoApp, then over to the AP panel and switch that to AutoApp. Everything was a two switch operation... no big deal I guess, just low tech. 1960's state of the art baby!NuGuy said:It was pretty basic stuff. wing leveler, heading hold, airspeed and vertical speed hold. Altitude hold. VOR/ILS tracking. No altitude capture or LNAV.
There are flight directors, but they are totally non-integrated with the autopilots (separate systems entirely). NWA's DC-9 APs are Cat 2 qualfied, and they do the job well enough..