I just purchased the 777 yesterday and love it. I was doing some flights around the pattern and using autopilot, etc. and have noticed that even if I have realistic autopilot engagement set to "on" that I can be completely misaligned with the FD's, and be pulling back a decent amount, but the autopilot still engages. I remember when the NGX first came out that one had to have everything stable and perfectly aligned in order to engage the AP with this option set to "on", but after an update, this was set to be more lenient (with the NGX I also have to be putting full yoke deflection and be very misaligned in order for the AP to not engage). Is this the way it is supposed to be? Or is it supposed to be a little more strict as the NGX was when it first came out, and maybe this is a small bug?

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Mods please move this to the 777 forum, I thought I was in the 777 forum while posting

Your plane does not have to be in alignment with the FD to engage AP. Your plane only has to be in trim for the AP to engage.

Your plane does not have to be in alignment with the FD to engage AP. Your plane only has to be in trim for the AP to engage.

Oh okay that makes sense. Thanks for your answer