I am not an autopilot guy, I have very little experience using one. That being said, I recently purchased a GRT Mini-X, mainly to use as a control head for a Uavionix Tailbeacon-x. I chose the GRT over the AV30 because for a similar price I get more functionality, like an autopilot. After having hand flown my RV4 from the west coast to the east coast (5 yrs ago), I have planned on eventually adding an AP. I thoroughly enjoyed that flight, but there were times an AP would have been nice to have. That is enough for background.
In terms of autopilot, are the mini-x and mini-ap equivalent?
I cannot figure out what the mini-x can do as an autopilot, differentiating it from the more expensive mini-ap. When I go to the mini-ap documentation, it gives me the mini-x manual, and I attached an image of the autopilot page. Some things I read make me think it will follow a route, with turns, I am not sure if it will follow altitude changes via the planned route. I think it will intercept and fly a synthetic approach, but again I just cant tell from the documentation. Sometimes my research makes me think it will only hold the heading and altitude I was flying when I engaged it.
I will not have a certified IFR GPS source, and I dont fly IFR. Still, I want to know what it can do (legal or not) using its internal GPS and route, or maybe an external navigator like an aera760.
Note, I am sure this has been covered before, and I did search this forum first, but did not find an answer.
Thanks!
In terms of autopilot, are the mini-x and mini-ap equivalent?
I cannot figure out what the mini-x can do as an autopilot, differentiating it from the more expensive mini-ap. When I go to the mini-ap documentation, it gives me the mini-x manual, and I attached an image of the autopilot page. Some things I read make me think it will follow a route, with turns, I am not sure if it will follow altitude changes via the planned route. I think it will intercept and fly a synthetic approach, but again I just cant tell from the documentation. Sometimes my research makes me think it will only hold the heading and altitude I was flying when I engaged it.
I will not have a certified IFR GPS source, and I dont fly IFR. Still, I want to know what it can do (legal or not) using its internal GPS and route, or maybe an external navigator like an aera760.
Note, I am sure this has been covered before, and I did search this forum first, but did not find an answer.
Thanks!