I'm trying to find the control that sets the autopilot to hold the current altitude. Not the one that selects altitude after its been set in the autopilot but the one that tells the autopilot to hold whatever altitude you're currently flying. I've looked and tried what I can find but the plane (the Flight Design CTSW from Premier Aircraft Design) doesn't have a conventional autopilot. Instead it has a "hold current altitude" feature which I can't seem to make work. All help appreciated.

Have your tried pressing CTRL-Z ? That toggles on/off the altitude hold. when toggled on it puts you current altitude into the altitude window, which will in effect hold you at your current altitude.Regards.Ernie.

Ernie,Thank you for your reply. I tried this at 3000'. When I pressed Cntrl-Z the autopilot switched on with 1500' in the altitude window and the plane started descending. I think this is close, but still isn't what I'm hunting for. All other suggestions are welcome.

Ernie,Thank you for your reply. I tried this at 3000'. When I pressed Cntrl-Z the autopilot switched on with 1500' in the altitude window and the plane started descending. I think this is close, but still isn't what I'm hunting for. All other suggestions are welcome.

I know what you want, because I have that one touch button (TruTrak altitude hold) in my real plane. It's dirt simple, and doesn't require fiddling with knobs, settings, etc. I just haven't found it in MSFS either. Probably haven't looked hard enough.L.Adamson

Ernie,Thank you for your reply. I tried this at 3000'. When I pressed Cntrl-Z the autopilot switched on with 1500' in the altitude window and the plane started descending. I think this is close, but still isn't what I'm hunting for. All other suggestions are welcome.

----------------------------------------------------------If I press Cntrl-Z on the StationAir 6, it will hold whatever climb or descend rate I had at the moment of pressing the sequence. To maintain level flight, I have to BE at level flight by use of trim settings when I engage. I'm surprised you can't hold your climb or descend rate with this key sequence. Hmmm.....

My FSX control settings list both Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + T for Altitude Hold. Try them both. I assigned another key to this, and when I press it the hold altitude changes to the current aircraft altitude. When I click on the autopilot Alt button in the VC, the aircraft climbs or decends to the altitude set in the autopilot.If that doesn't help, you can always change the Autopilot default vertical speed to zero in the aircraft.cfg file.

Here's what I got to work: Cntrl-T followed by Cntrl-Z would set the altitude at the current and hold it there. Thanks for the replies. :(