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KAP140 Autopilot Weirdness
My autopilot has started fighting with me, and I'm afraid it's going to
win. It's a 3-axis KAP140 in a Skyhawk SP. What it's doing is ... well, it just starts turning. After about an hour, it goes into a turn, unannounced. There doesn't seem to be anything instigating it. It's usually to the left, and always a "standard" turn. It ignores the heading bug in HDG mode. It ignores the GPS or VOR head in NAV mode. It also ignores the ROL mode, and the APR mode - yikes! I don't know how far it would turn if I left it alone, because the few times it's happened so far, I've been going somewhere. Is this a common failure? Does anyone know what might be causing this? Is my autopilot trying to kill me? |
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