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I don't fly too many coupled approaches, so forgive me if this is a
simplistic question. We were flying a coupled VFR/practice ILS in a Debonair with a Century-2000 A/P. The heading bug was set about 10 degrees to the left of where it should have been, resulting us tracking to the left of the localizer centerline. The CDI was about 1/2 scale "fly right" deflection but stable. Had we continued that way, it seemed that we would indeed eventually get to the threshold, but following an offset course. This would have required about a 5 degree heading change at DH to line up with the runway. I suggested resetting the heading bug, which the other guy did, when we were about 2 miles out. This resulted in the A/P over controlling, flying us back through the localizer centerline, and then starting what looked like it would end up being a series of S-turns through the localizer. We disengaged the A/P at that point and flew the last bit by hand. So, my question is, what would have been the right thing to do? One possibility would have been to do nothing, and just be content to keep 1/2 scale deflection all the way to the DH. As long as it was stable, we would have certainly found the runway. Another possibility would have been to correct the heading bug, but to do it in smaller increments, moving it a couple of degrees at a time to let the A/P catch up. I suppose a third possibility would have been to just be patient and let the A/P damp out the oscillations on its own, but I think that would have been a poor idea. |
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