PRESENTATION BY:

E.GAZİ KORKMAZ

AUTOPILOT SYSTEMS

• Aircraft required the continuous attention of a pilot.

• The constant attention led to serious fatigue for pilot.

• So that autopilot is designed to perform some of the tasks of the pilot.

• An Autopilot is a system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a person. The function of the autopilot is stabilization.

There are mainly 3 types of autopilot

• A single-axis autopilot usually manages both the ailerons. ROLL MODE

• A two-axis autopilot manages elevators and ailerons. ROLL and PITCH MODE

• A three-axis autopilot manages all three basic control systems ailerons, elevators and rudder.ROLL,PITCH and YAW MODE

• The heart of a modern automatic flight control system is a computer.

• Computer gather all the details required to control the plane.

• From sensors located on the airplane surfaces.

• They collect data from other airplane systems and equipment also.

• The autopilot system is controled by the auto-pilot hydraulic unit.

• The auto-pilot hydraulic unit is intented to transform the auto-pilot computer electrical comands in to hydraulic and mechanical commands. These comands operate the flight control linkage and bring the aircraft attitude or heading back to the reference coordinates.

AUTOPILOT MODES

HDG MOD

Selected heading acquisition and hold

NAVMOD

Navigation course capture and tracking; three options are available:

VOR radial capture and trackingTACAN radial capture and tracking

Autopilot is everywhere