I have searched this forum and google without getting any answer about this subject.

I'm not sure if I was using FSX or P3d  years ago....when I was able to apply the Altitude hold...activate the A/P Master

and still make turns left or right using the Logitech Flight Yoke....while maintaining the designated altitude.

Is this possible now using P3Dv5.4 ???

Thanks for any input...

Skip d

I've not seen any standard GA autopilot with that sort of capability.

Typically it's in wing leveler (roll) or heading mode or in a NAV mode of some sort.

Perhaps a third party aircraft may include that sort of functionality.

Is there some specific aircraft you were thinking of ?

Cheers

 

Usually  you need to disable all horizontal modes.

When you activate the AP, most defaults to Wing Level Hold.

Activate any horizontal mode then desactivate it - should do the trick...

Off course, depend of aircraft...

Test with a "simple" aircraft.

In aircraft.cfg you can define :

Quote

[autopilot]

default_bank_mode    

This determines the default bank mode when the autopilot logic is turned on.
0 = None
1 = Wing Level Hold
2 = Heading Hold (current heading).
3 = Bank Hold

If not specified, will be 1...

Edited August 3, 20241 yr by gaab

It's possible with 737 up to MAX as you can cancel all roll mode and revert to CWS R, or on -100 and -200 you can even only engage pitch channel, the roll control is totally manual.

On 727 with block IV AP you can also separately engage pitch and roll channel, but on block V you can't, and it have it's own bank knob so you don't have CWS then.

On most newer Boeings, you don't have CWS mode, as there is default roll mode like HDG HLD when AP engaged.