I am interfacing my TruTrak with an Advanced Flight System 5600 EFIS and old Apollo GX60. The GX60 installation manual states that
"When connected properly, the autopilot will show a GPSS valid indication when the aircraft reaches a speed over 5 kts and is navigating to a waypoint"
To test this it says to:
"Taxi the aircraft faster than 5 kts to verify that GPSS is valid via the autopilot annunciation"
My wings and the top skin over the back of the instrument panel are off for ease of messing with wiring and I would like to test the system.
My question is, does anyone have any ideas as to how I can simulate the 5 kts speed without actually moving the airplane at 5 kts? My fear is that this speed is ground speed as calculated by the GPS and the answer will be "no" and I will have to wait until I put the wings back on and actually taxi it. If that's the case, I will just cleco the top skin on so if I have to get at wiring it will be easier.
Ross Mickey
RV6A
N9PT
"When connected properly, the autopilot will show a GPSS valid indication when the aircraft reaches a speed over 5 kts and is navigating to a waypoint"
To test this it says to:
"Taxi the aircraft faster than 5 kts to verify that GPSS is valid via the autopilot annunciation"
My wings and the top skin over the back of the instrument panel are off for ease of messing with wiring and I would like to test the system.
My question is, does anyone have any ideas as to how I can simulate the 5 kts speed without actually moving the airplane at 5 kts? My fear is that this speed is ground speed as calculated by the GPS and the answer will be "no" and I will have to wait until I put the wings back on and actually taxi it. If that's the case, I will just cleco the top skin on so if I have to get at wiring it will be easier.
Ross Mickey
RV6A
N9PT