A Q on AutoThrottle

wrote in message Does it get overridden by a
manual touch of the throttle, a la Cruise Control in our cars?

Depends on the system. Older ATs that move the levers won't disengage. Newer
systems which don't move the levers, such as the A-320, will disengage.

D.

Newer [autopilot] systems which don't move the [actual throttle] levers...

So the position of the throttle could have no relationship to the engine
power being commanded?

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Jose wrote:

So the position of the throttle could have no relationship to the engine power being commanded?

Jose


Exactly; at least that's how it is in the A320. And there's no
corresponding movement of the sidestick either when the A320 is rolled
by the AutoPilot (I'm unsure whether there's such movement in aircraft
with yokes).

Ramapriya

Yeah, on all the yoke type air carriers I've flown the yoke moves when the
autopilot makes inputs.

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Jose wrote:

So the position of the throttle could have no relationship to the engine
power being commanded?

Jose


Exactly; at least that's how it is in the A320. And there's no
corresponding movement of the sidestick either when the A320 is rolled
by the AutoPilot (I'm unsure whether there's such movement in aircraft
with yokes).

Ramapriya