Maximum airspeed, Initializing the autopilot, Gps acquisition – TruTrak Sorcerer User Manual
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drop the nose of the aircraft to maintain the minimum setting.
Maximum Airspeed
Any time the autopilot is engaged and the airspeed reaches the
maximum airspeed setting the autopilot will begin to flash
MAX AS
and
pull the nose of the aircraft up to maintain the maximum setting.
Initializing the Autopilot
GPS Acquisition
If there is no GPS signal the top left portion of the display will read
NO GPS
. If a GPS signal is present but satellites have not yet been
acquired, the upper left portion of the display will read
NO FIX
with a
flashing
•
below. When the GPS obtains a fix the period will be replaced
by an asterisk and the display will switch to show
GPS OK
with a
flashing *
below
. This means that when a certain velocity is attained
TRK
will appear followed by the current track. This happens at approximately
10 knots ground speed as detected by GPS and will even occur at rapid
taxi speeds. The four possible screens are shown below.