| Darin Watson |
11-23-2016 09:19 PM |
Dynon 10A --- OK
Quote:
Originally Posted by BobTurner
(Post 1129074)
This is inexcusable for a digital autopilot. My Trio Pro is rock stable at all speeds above 70 kias (anything less, it is programed to lower the nose as needed to prevent a stall.
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Being an AP neophyte and diagnosable OCD:) I did a lot of tuning and general messing around with the AP when first installed. I too set min airspeed at 65-70 kias (done off hand recall) and then set up with a power setting hand flying at 70 to maintain altitude, turn on AP and then experimented with gain and damping on the roll and pitch until satisfied with the results. Went to SAL at cruise (163 ktas 150ish kias) and had to tweak slightly (again don't recall exactly what, think it was a bit of roll twitchiness) reducing gain then back to 70 again and left it there. As I recall there was a stight wobble, but not disconcerting and likely not noticeable in anything other than dead still morning air I was playing in.
Others may have a different perspective, but these planes have such a wide performance envelope that it is hard to tune perfection at both ends.
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