Has anyone tried the autopilot in v10? I have read the documentation but still cannot get it to work correctly as I think it should. Could be I don't understand the Flight Director according to the manual. And ALL the autopilot equipped aircraft have Flight Director OFF, ON, and AUTO modes?Can't seem to get any plane to hold vertical speed and altitude.

I'll write this and be done with posting.It's a bad sign when those associated with XP 10 won't post a helpful answer.

I wouldn't worry about it, probably no one has had a chance or specifically tested it yet. I had a post yesterday. No response so I guess it just want interesting ? :)They seem helpful, I actually thought I read a reply to you but it must have been to a similar q in another thread so I didn't check in again

I'll write this and be done with posting.It's a bad sign when those associated with XP 10 won't post a helpful answer.

I haven't even played with the Autopilot as I pretty much just hand-fly and trim the aircraft for most of my flying, so I have no idea about the limitations and operations of the current autopilot in XP10, but typically, there is a mode for each you have to individually turn on. You want to hold the heading manually while the autopilot worries about the altitude? Click on the autopilot master mode, set the altitude you want it to hold and click the ALT mode so it lights up (you should see AP and ALT lit while HDG is not). Want to hold heading too? Dial in the heading you want to hold and click the HDG mode button so it is lit.To hold a VS, you need to select VS mode (so it is lit instead of ALT) and dial in a VS other than 0. If VS is selected and AP is not, you've told the aircraft what you want it to do, but not that you want it to do it right now...hitting the AP master button tells the AP to do everything you told it to.Coming in for an approach and need to take over? Click the AP button and it should disengage all command authority over the aircraft.This is how most autopilots behave. Specific ones I cannot tell you about as I have not used them recently.

Walt, Have some patience. It was 6 hours between your 2 posts. Maybe the x plane dev's are sleeping, working, or attending to more important personal matters.Post a screenshot of the panel in question and I'll see if I can help you out.Just a side note, most x plane dev's don't come here too often. There are 2 major x plane websites that have their own forums and the devs all hang around there.

Just saw the F/D button you were referring to in the F-22 panel. That is NOT what you want to use. There's two different modes an autopilot can use:1: Calculate how to fly the aircraft and show using needles on the MCP/Att/HSI2: Calculate AND fly the aircraftMethod 1 is F/D (you fly, it tells you how)Method 2 is A/P (it flies hands off)To fly heading 360 at 5000' with a 1800'/min climb dial in all the appropriate commands with the AP offNow, hit the ALT HDG and V/S buttons (if you hit V/S then alt, I'm not sure it makes a difference - watch the lights)Now hit the A/P button and the aircraft should do what you told it. Now hit the F/D button and you're flying, but you'll see the needles move as you stray from what it calculated as the path to get to the settings you dialed in.