Has anyone else had the AP disconnect with no aural warning? I’ve had it happen at least twice now. The most recent time was during an ATC transmission, I don’t know if perhaps that could have muted it.
Second point, I believe ‘Autopilot Disconnected’ voice annunciation would be far safer than a random beep. Perhaps the DAN6 could include this request in future software releases.
GFC700 Disconnect
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Re: GFC700 Disconnect
I haven't had it disconnect with no warning. However, I do know that if you you hit the disconnect button on the stick, and then hit it again, it will mute the disconnect warning.
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Re: GFC700 Disconnect
Thanks Boatguy - good to know there is a condition that silences the disconnect. Perhaps I rubbed off the button twice - will observe.
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Re: GFC700 Disconnect
I had random silent disconnects when my A/P disconnect button started to fail. I assume that vibration or turbulence was causing the switch to trigger occasionally with a "double click". Eventually it failed such that I couldn't engage the A/P at all, which was a lot more expensive to diagnose than it was to fix.
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Re: GFC700 Disconnect
We also had the AP disconnect switch fail on us twice. Usually never made it past the self test at startup.
First time was a goose chase. Second time, it was the first thing we checked. $15 part or something like that.
First time was a goose chase. Second time, it was the first thing we checked. $15 part or something like that.