AlphaOneSix Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Assuming you mean follow your current heading, and not toward any waypoint. Just don't have any point selected in the PVI-800 and hit "R" and it will maintain your heading.
ericinexile Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Another way of stating it: The PVI-800 must be blank, completely "lights out". Any light that is on, push it to make it go out. Now each time you trim, your current track will be the reference track the autopilot will attempt to maintain. Smokin' Hole My DCS wish list: Su25, Su30, Mi24, AH1, F/A-18C, Afghanistan ...and frankly, the flight sim world should stop at 1995.
Frederf Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 That's not entirely true. The autopilot will follow a heading if the DH-M-DT switch is set the the central "manual" position. Every time the trim button is released the current is captured and set to the heading-to-be-followed by the autopilot. This is true even if WPT (or NAV/TGT, AIRFIELD, etc) mode on the PVI is active. You can also use "autopilot without task" like eric describes.
AlphaOneSix Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 The autopilot isn't what's following the heading. When you trim, your heading hold channel will make a reasonable attempt to hold your heading. For example, if you trim to a new heading, but have a slight bank, you will gradually drift in a turn, but if you hit the route mode switch "R" it will stabilize (get rid of your bank) without further control input and hold your heading (assuming your PVI-800 has nothing selected).
skypirate Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 "R" on keyboard is which in the cockpit? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]Regards!
AlphaOneSix Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 "R" on the keyboard. It's not a clickable switch in the cockpit, it's the Route-Descent Mode switch on the collective, so it's either "R" or whatever you mapped it to on your HOTAS.
Frederf Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 A16, you do state the textbook "autopilot without task" method however I'm pretty sure the autopilot will hold a heading just a fervently in the middle position on the DH-DT switch my way as your way. There's a diamond on the heading tape with ROUTE mode engaged and everything. But honestly I have no concrete knowledge of what the middle positions of the DH-x-DT and BR-x-RD switches do since the manual completely ignores the fact that they are 3-position switches and not 2-position!
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