Abris and autopilot connection

[zika1234]

Ok...i have read the manual, but i cant find the relationship between autopilot and abris. For example, when i select nav point in abris, how can i tell autopilot to fly to that nav pont? Or do i have to select it in PVI nav. comp? Also, in hud does the caret show direction to steerpoint selected in abris, or in PVI navigation computer (num pad, on right side of cockpit)

[ZaltysZ]

ABRIS is seperate hardware and it doesn't have relation to autopilot or HUD. To choose nav points for autopilot, you must use PVI keyboard. Also, flight plan in ABRIS and PVI isn't the same, although it looks the same at start of mission. If you change it in ABRIS and want PVI to use it, you must reenter it via keyboard.

Edited December 1, 2008 by ZaltysZ

[McVittees]

I've been wondering about the (non) link between the ABRIS and the PVI-800. Am I right in thinking if you load a mission with no waypoints created in the mission editor and then create a route with the ABRIS in game, these waypoints cannot transferred into the PVI-800 by any other means than manually inputing the coordinates through the PVI-800's keypad? (Does ABRIS show the lat/long of waypoints created in it?) As a result, doesn't this make the ABRIS's ability to save routes somewhat redundant becasue the PVI won't have this navigational data and therefore you'll have no autopilot for this route?

 

Are there any operational techniques to get around this?

[ZaltysZ]

ABRIS does show lat/long coordinates and you do need to transfer flight plan manually to PVI via keyboard.

 

Keep in mind, that PVI can remember only up to 6 waypoints. So, flying by ABRIS manually you can follow more fine grained plan when flyging by PVI (with or without AP).

[SunDown]

Think of it like this...the ABRIS is like a Tom Tom or a Garmin in your car. It's just a fancy way of displaying GNSS data. It has no connection to your car's cruise control settings (or helo in this case), its just a display. Same with the ABRIS.

[zika1234]

Thanks for answering this to me...Sundown you have great skill of explaining in the simplest way possible!!!