Autopilot immediately after liftoff

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Autopilot immediately after liftoff

Postby 3WE » Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:06 am

Ok, take this with a big grain of sarcasam- even though it's true.

When playing flight sim, when I'm going somewhere, it is very tempting to hit the autopilot "immediately" after takeoff to not have to worry about headings and initial altitudes while you deal with departure handoffs, checking in with operations.

I dunno- takeoff and climb out doesn't seem like that great of a skill, nor nearly as much fun as landing...of course, I guess a few minutes hands-on gives you some nice feedback on how the plane is working in general...

Just sayin' that it's kind of interesting that I developed this bad habit- even on Fakesim.
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Re: Autopilot immediately after liftoff

Postby GlennAB1 » Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:38 am

Amazing you didn't died.
you still have to find a crew willing to fly this "barely airworthy" heap
no such thing as "barely airworthy" it's either Airworthy or Not
100% incorrect Ever hear of Ferry Permit? issued for Non airworthy aircraft
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Re: Autopilot immediately after liftoff

Postby Sickbag » Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:12 pm

Yes
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Re: Autopilot immediately after liftoff

Postby 3WE » Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:43 pm

Amazing you didn't died.
I am looking for an ATR-with-ice to download, but am worried that there might not be good livery choices.
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Re: Autopilot immediately after liftoff

Postby PurduePilot » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:11 am

Having a Flyboy sitting in the right seat to handle the radios is probably helpful. When I'm in the lab I usually hand-fly (with FD) because it makes my job more fun but if I need to set up conditions or something then I'll click on the AFF for a while. Of course I'm not worried about ATC or passenger comfort, but crashing the sim can screw things up and make you rework some stuff.

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Re: Autopilot immediately after liftoff

Postby Sickbag » Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:25 pm

Yes.
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Re: Autopilot immediately after liftoff

Postby AndyToop » Thu May 10, 2012 7:30 pm

Amazing you didn't died.
I am looking for an ATR-with-ice to download, but am worried that there might not be good livery choices.
http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=atr1

Not sure if it models the deteriation in flight control, but certainly the ice warning comes on in icing conditions and the AoA protection kicks in.


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