Milviz 310r - Auto pilot question

[tommy10101 67]

Hi all,

how do you set a VS in the auto pilot while on the ground? 

I want to be able to flick the auto pilot on after takeoff and not have to then adjust the VS.

The only thing I am able to change on the ground is the altitude. The VS up/down button doesn’t work until the auto pilot is switched on.

 

thanks

Tom

 

 

[btacon 2,014]

35 minutes ago, tommy10101 said:

Hi all,

how do you set a VS in the auto pilot while on the ground? 

I want to be able to flick the auto pilot on after takeoff and not have to then adjust the VS.

The only thing I am able to change on the ground is the altitude. The VS up/down button doesn’t work until the auto pilot is switched on.

 

thanks

Tom

 

 

Toss this mod in your CF. Fixes most of the blues with the default 530.

-B

 

[tommy10101 67]

Ahhh thankyou 

One last thing, I have never installed a mod before. Can you give me an idiots guide? 

[tommy10101 67]

Wait this is a mod for the GPS?

the auto pilot in the Milviz 310r is a stand alone unit and not related to the 530gps?
 

am I missing something here? 

[btacon 2,014]

15 minutes ago, tommy10101 said:

Ahhh thankyou 

One last thing, I have never installed a mod before. Can you give me an idiots guide? 

Download the zip file you will find on the instruction page. Drop the folder that is created into your community folder. That’s it and all you will need to do. The 530 mod will improve the shortcomings of the stock 530. If I remember correctly. Milviz even points you to this mod and suggest that you use it for the improved performance it brings. 
 

-B

[Bert Pieke 7,628]

21 minutes ago, tommy10101 said:

Wait this is a mod for the GPS?

the auto pilot in the Milviz 310r is a stand alone unit and not related to the 530gps?
 

am I missing something here? 

No, you are correct. The C310 uses the default Asobo autopilot.  Not related to the GNS.

There are two other KAP140 autopilots that you can substitute, however.

[btacon 2,014]

1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said:

No, you are correct. The C310 uses the default Asobo autopilot.  Not related to the GNS.

There are two other KAP140 autopilots that you can substitute, however.

Thanks Bert and sorry Tommy. GNS530 (GARMIN) popped into my head but the stoggy old KAP140 is what I was thinking of and should have suggested in first place, and here you go!

-B

 

[Bert Pieke 7,628]

The other option is the C152 enhancement project KAP140.

https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/623276-so-you-really-really-like-milvizs-310/page/8/#comments

 

Edited September 28, 2022 by Bert Pieke

[Bert Pieke 7,628]

3 hours ago, tommy10101 said:

I want to be able to flick the auto pilot on after takeoff and not have to then adjust the VS.

The only thing I am able to change on the ground is the altitude. The VS up/down button doesn’t work until the auto pilot is switched on.

This may not be the way the real unit works... at least on the C152 version which I use, the UP/DOWN button will turn on the autopilot, even when on the ground.

Correct procedure, according to the KAP140 Pilots Guide:

To operate in the VS mode
(with autopilot currently disengaged):
1. AP button - Press. Note ROL,
VS and current vertical speed is
displayed. If no other modes are
selected the autopilot will operate
in the ROL and vertical speed
hold modes. For software version
03/01 and later, the AP button
must be pressed and held for 0.25
seconds to engage the autopilot.
2. UP or DN button - Select
desired climb or descent rate.
Each button stroke will increment
the vertical speed commanded up
or down by 100 ft/min per button
press, or at the rate of approximately
300 ft/min per second if
held continuously.