A question about speed

[Guest jboweruk]

I understand from the manual that the CP won't control speed, but what happens if I have a plane with an IAS/Mach hold function, and change the speed in the A/T setting, will the CP automatically hand the plane back over to me? Or will he/she still continue to fly it?And one more question if I may, as I don't yet have the program:If I receive an emergency that's not covered, what happens then? Ie an engine fire or depressurisation, or my gear is jammed?

[Guest Douglas Thompson]

John,1 - The CP will keep the plane. You (indepentent of the CP) control the IAS and/or M#, the VAS and gear.2 - The E recording descriptives are just that... recordings only. Choose from the list what's most appropriate. They're all handled the same.

[Guest jboweruk]

Many thanks, that's appreciated. And although it must seem like I'm asking a lot of questions another is:In the manual it also states that to get ATIS you have to leave frequency, why can't I simply change Com2 for my ATIS?

[Guest Douglas Thompson]

I don't know, you probably can if you know the local freq to tune. Never tried it.

[Guest jboweruk]

Many thanks Doug. I'm trying to find out as much as I can before it arrives so that when it does I can fly it out of the box. (notwithstanding the key thing of course.)